Sadlier Level H Unit 5

Aficionado

(noun): an enthusiastic and usually expert follower or fan

SYN: devotee, enthusiast

Browbeat

(verb): to intimidate by a stern or overbearing manner; to bully

SYN: cow, coerce
ANT: cajole, coax, wheedle, sweet-talk

Commensurate

(adjective): equal in size, extent, duration, or importance; proportionate; measurable by the same standards

SYN: comparable, corresponding, coordinate

Diaphanous

(adjective): very sheer and light; almost completely transparent

SYN: translucent, gossamer
ANT: opaque, dense

Emolument

(noun): profit derived from an office or position or from employment; a fee or salary

SYN: pay, wages

Foray

(noun): a quick raid, especially for plunder; a venture into some field of endeavor; (verb): to make such a raid

SYN: (n.) sally, sortie
ANT: (n.) retreat

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

SYN: species, sort, school

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

SYN: mew up
ANT: release, liberate, emancipate

Insouciant

(adjective): blithely indifferent or unconcerned; carefree; happy-go-lucky

SYN: blasé, devil-may-care
ANT: worried, careworn, agitated, distraught

Matrix

(noun): a mold; the surrounding situation or environment

SYN: pattern, model

Obsequies

(noun): funeral rites or ceremonies

SYN: funeral services

Panache

(noun): a confident and stylish manner, dash; a strikingly elaborate or colorful display

SYN: style, verve, élan, éclat

Persona

(noun): a character in a novel or play; the outward character or role that person assumes

SYN: personality, image, role

Philippic

(noun): a bitter verbal attack

SYN: harangue, diatribe
ANT: encomium, panegyric

Prurient

(adjective): having lustful desires or interests; tending to arouse sexual desires

SYN: lascivious, lewd, titillating
ANT: prudish, demure

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 or systems

SYN: extensive, comprehensive, system-wide
ANT: specific, isolated, confined, localized

Tendentious

(adjective): intended to promote a particular point of view, doctrine, or cause; biased or partisan

SYN: partial
ANT: fair, equitable, disinterested

Vicissitude

(noun): a change, variation, or alteration; (plural): successive or changing phases or conditions

SYN: fluctuation, vacillation
ANT: sameness, evenness