Unit 5 vocab Level H

aficionado

An enthusiastic and usually expert follower or fan.

browbeat

To intimidate by a stern or overbearing manner; to bully.

commensurate

Equal in size, extent, duration, or importance; proportionate; measurable by the same standards.

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 or endeavor.

genre

A type, class, or variety, especially a distinctive category of literary composition.

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; tending to arouse sexual desires.

sacrosanct

Very sacred or holy; inviolable; set apart or immune from questioning or attack.

systematic

Of or pertaining to the entire body; relating to a system or systems.

tendentious

Intended to promote a particular point of view, doctrine, or cause; biased or partisan.

vicissitude

A change, variation, or alteration; successive or changing phases or conditions.