Vocab 5 Flashcards
(18 cards)
aficionado
And enthusiastic and usually expert follower or fan
Browbeat
To intimidate by stern or over bearing manner; to bully
Commensurate
Equal in size, extent, duration, or importance
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 fields of endeavor; to make a raid
Homily
A short lecture on religion
Immure
To enclose or confine within walls; to in prison to secluded or isolate
Insouciant
Blithely indifferent or unconcerned; carefree; happy go lucky
Matrix
A mold; the surrounding situation or environment
Obsequious
Funeral, rites or ceremonies (funeral services)
Panache
A confident and stylish manner, dash; a strikingly, elaborate, or colorful display
Philippic
A better verbal attack
Pruient
Having lustful desires, or interest
Sacrosanct
Fairy secret, or holy; in available, set apart, or immune from questioning or attack
Systemic
Of or pertaining to the entire body; relating to a system for systems
tendentious
Intendant to promote a particular point of view, doctrine, or cause; biased
Vicissitudes
A change, variation, or alteration
