Sadlier Level H Unit 5

aficionado

aficionado

(n) an enthusiastic and usually expert follower or fan

browbeat

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

commensurate

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

diaphanous

(adj) very sheer and light; almost completely transparent

emolument

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

foray

(n) a quick raid, especially for plunder; a venture into some field of endeavor; (v) to make such a raid

genre

(n) a type, class, or variety, especially a distinctive category of literary compositon; a style of painting in which everyday scenes are realistically depicted

homily

(n) a sermon stressing moral principles; a tedious moralizing lecture or discourse

immure

(v) to enclose or confine within walls; to imprison; to seclude or isolate

insouciant

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

matrix

(n) a mold; the surrounding situation or environment

obsequies

(n) funeral rites or ceremonies

panache

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

persona

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

philippic

(n) a bitter or verbal attack

prurient

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

sacrosanct

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

systemic

(adj) of or pertaining to the entire body; relating to a system or systems S: system-wide A: isolate

tendentious

(adj) intended to promote a particular point of view, doctrine, or cause; biased or partisan S: partial A: equitable

vicissitude

(n) a change, variation, or alteration; (pl) Successive or changing phases or conditions S: fluctuation A: sameness