Vocabulary Unit 5 Study Guide

aficionado

(n.) an enthusiastic and usually expert follower or fan

browbeat

(v.) to bully

commensurate

(adj.) proportionate

diaphanous

(adj.) almost completely transparent

emolument

(n.) a fee or salary

foray

(n.) a quick raid, especially for plunder; (v.)

genre

(n.) a style of painting in which everyday scenes are realistically depicted

homily

(n.) a sermon stressing moral principles

immure

(v.) to imprison

insouciant

(adj.) carefree

matrix

(n.) a mold

obsequies

(n.) funeral rites or ceremonies

panache

(n.) a strikingly elaborate or colorful display

persona

(n.) a character in a novel or play

philippic

(n.) a bitter verbal attack

prurient

(adj.) having lustful desires or interests

sacrosanct

(adj.) very sacred or holy

systemic

(adj.) relating to a system or systems

tendentious

(adj.) biased or partisan

vicissitude

(n.) a change, variation, or alteration