Vocabulary Unit 5

1. Vocabulary Unit 5 Level H

2. aficionado Noun: an enthusiastic and usually expert follower or fan

3. browbeat Verb: to intimidate by a stern or overbearing manner; to bully

4. commensurate Adjective:equal in size, extent, duration, or importance; proportionate; measurable by the same standards

5. diaphanous Adjective: very sheer and light; almost completely transparent

6. emolument Noun: profit derived from an office or position or from employment; a fee or salary

7. foray Noun: a quick raid, especially for plunder; a venture into some field of endeavor Verb: to make such a raid

8. genre Noun: a type, class, or variety, especially a distinctive category of literary composition; a style of painting in which everyday scenes are realistically depicted

9. homily Noun: a sermon stressing moral principles; a tedious moralizing lecture or discourse

10. immure Verb: to enclose or confine within walls; to imprison, to seclude or isolate

11. insouciant Adjective: blithely indifferent or unconcerned; carefree; happy-go-lucky

12. matrix Noun: a mold; the surrounding situation or environment

13. obsequies Noun: funeral rites or ceremonies

14. panache Noun: a confident and stylish manner, dash; A strikingly elaborate or colorful display

15. persona Noun: a character in a novel or play; the outward character or role that a person assumes

16. philippic Noun: a bitter verbal attack

17. prurient Adjective: having lustful desires or interests; Tending to arouse sexual desire

18. sacrosanct Adjective: very sacred or holy; inviolable; Set apart or immune from questioning or attack

19. systemic Adjective: of or pertaining to the entire body; Relating to a system or systems

20. tendentious Adjective: intended to promote a particular point of view, doctrine, or cause; biased or partisan

21. vicissitude Noun: a change, variation, or alteration; (pl) Successive or changing phases or conditions