Unit 5 Flashcards
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 a salary
Foray
A quick raid, especially for plunder; a venture into some field of endeavor.
To make such a raid
Genre
A type class or variety especially a distinctive category of literary composition; a style of painting in which every day scenes are realistically depicted
Homily
A demon 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
