Saturday, November 2, 2013

Vocabulary #9

1) Aficionado: enthusiast: somebody who is enthusiastic and knowledgeable about something


2) Browbeat: intimidate, typically into doing something, with stern or abusive words


3) Commensurate: corresponding in size or degree; in proportion
 

4) Diaphanous: light, delicate, and translucent


5) Emolument: a salary, fee, or profit from employment or office
 

6) Foray: a sudden attack or incursion into enemy territory


7) Genre: a category of artistic composition, as in music or literature, characterized by similarities in
form, style, or subject matter


8) Homily: commentary that follows a reading of scripture


9) Immure: enclose or confine against their will


10) Insouciant: showing a casual lack of concern; indifferent

11) Matrix: an environment or material in which something develops; a surrounding medium or
structure


12) Obsequies: funeral rites
 

13) Panache: flamboyant manner and reckless courage



14) Persona: the image or personality that a person presents


15) Philippic: a bitter attack or denunciation


16) Prurient: having or encouraging an excessive interest in sexual matters

17) Sacrosanct: regarded as too important or valuable to be interfered with
 

18) Systemic: of or relating to a system, esp. as opposed to a particular part


19) Tendentious: expressing or intending to promote a particular cause or point of view


20) Vicissitude: a change of circumstances or fortune, typically one that is unwelcome or unpleasant

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