Unit 5

Aficionado

Noun

* An enthusiastic and usually expert follower or fan

Browbeat

Verb

* To intimidate by a stern or overbearing manner
* To bully

Commensurate

Adjective

* Equal in size, extent, duration, or importance
* Proportionate
* Measurable by the same standards

Diaphanous

Adjective

* Very sheer and light
* Almost completely transparent

Emolument

Noun

* Profit derived from an office or position or from employment
* A fee or salary

Foray

Noun

* A quick raid, especially for plunder
* A venture into some field of endeavor

Verb

* To make such a raid

Genre

Noun

* A type, class, or variety, especially a distinctive category of literary composition
* A style of painting in which everyday scenes are realistically depicted

Homily

Noun

* A sermon stressing moral principles
* A tedious moralizing lecture or discourse

Immure

Verb

* To enclose or confine within walls
* To imprison
* To seclude or isolate

Insouciant

Adjective

* Blithely indifferent or unconcerned
* Carefree
* Happy-go-lucky

Matrix

Noun

* A mold
* Surrounding situation or environment

Obsequies

Noun

* Funeral rites or ceremonies

Panache

Noun

* A confident and stulish manner dash
* A strikingly elaborate or colorful display

Persona

Noun

* A character in a novel or play
* The outward character or role that a person assumes

Philippic

Noun

* A bitter verbal attack

Prurient

Adjective

* Having lustful desires or interests
* Tending to arouse sexual desires

Sacrosanct

Adjective

* Very sacred or holy
* Inviolable
* Set apart or immune from questioning or attack

Systemic

Adjective

* Of or pertaining to the entire body
* Relating to a system/systems

Tendentious

Adjective

* Intended to promote a particular point of view, doctrine or cause
* Biased or partisan

Vicissitude

Noun

* A change, variation, or alteration

Plural

* Successive or changing phases or conditions