Hnrs English III - Unit 5 Vocab

aficionado (N)

(N) an enthusiastic and usually expert follower or fan

browbeat (V)

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

commensurate (A)

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

diaphanous (A)

(A) very sheer and light; almost completely transparent

emolument (N)

(N) profit derived from an office or portion or from employment; a fee or salary

foray (N/V)

(N) a quick raid, especially for plunder; a venture into some field of endeavor

(V) to make such a raid

genre (N)

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

homily (N)

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

immure (V)

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

insouciant (A)

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

matrix (N)

(N) a mold; the surrounding situation or environment

obsequies (N)

(N) funeral rites or ceremonies

panache (N)

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

persona (N)

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

philippic (N)

(N) a bitter verbal attack

prurient (A)

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

sacrosanct (A)

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

systemic (A)

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

tendentious (A)

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

vicissitude (N)

(N) a change, variation, or alteration; (pl.) successive or changing phases or conditions

PROP

one’s own

QUER/QUES/QUIS

to ask

RECT/REG

to lead, straight, rule

RUPT

to break

SCEND

to climb

SCRIB/SCRIPT

to write

SECT/SEG

to cut

SIST/STAT

to stand