fina vocab

Aficionado

an enthusiastic and usually expert follower or fan

Browbeat

to intimidate by a stern or overbearing manner; to bully

Commensurate

equal in size

Diaphanous

very sheer and light; almost completely transparent

Emolument

profit derived from an office or position or from employment; a fee or salary

Foray

a quick raid especially for plunder; a venture into some field of endeavor; to make such a raid

Genre

a type

Homily

a sermon stressing moral principles; a tedious moralizing lecture or discourse

Immure

to enclose or confine within walls; to imprison; to seclude or isolate

Insouciant

blithely indifferent or unconcerned; carefree; happy-go-lucky

Matrix

a mold; the surrounding situation or environment

Obsequies

funeral rites or ceremonies

Panache

a confident and stylish manner; dash; a strikingly elaborate or colorful display

Persona

a character in a novel or play; the outward character or role that a person assumes

Philippic

a bitter verbal attack

Prurient

having lustful desires or interests; lewd

Sacrosanct

very sacred or holy; inviolable; set apart or immune from questioning or attack

Systemic

of or pertaining to the entire body; relating to a system or systems

Tendentious

intended to promote a particular point of view

Vicissitude

a change