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Sadlier Oxford H
WCHS Unit 5-H
Word | Definition |
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aficionado | (n) an enthusiastic and usually expert follower or fan |
browbeat | (v) to intimidate by a stern or overbearing manner; to bully |
commensurate | (adj) equal in size, extent, duration, or importance; proportionate; measurable by the same standards |
diaphanous | (adj) very sheer and light; almost completely transparent |
emolument | (n) profit derived from an office or position or from employment; a fee or salary |
foray | (n) a quick raid, especially for plunder; a venture into some field of endeavor; (v) to make such a raid |
genre | (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) a sermon stressing moral principles; a tedious moralizing lecture or discourse |
immure | (v) to enxlose or confine within walls; to imprison; to seclude or isolate |
insouciant | (adj) blithely indifferent or unconcerned; carefree; happy-go-lucky |
matrix | (n) a mold; the surrounding situation or environment |
obsequies | (n) funeral rites or ceremonies |
panache | (n) a confident and sylish manner, dash; a strikingly elaborate or colorful display |
persona | (n) a character in a novel or play; the outward character or role that a person assumes |
philippic | (n) a bitter verbal attack |
prurient | (adj) having lustful desires or interests; tending to arouse sexual desires |
sacrosanct | (adj) very sacred or holy; inviolable; set apart or immune from questioning or attack |
systemic | (adj) of or pertaining to the entire body; relating to a system or systems |
tendentious | (adj) intended to promote a particular point of view, doctrine, or cause; biased or partisan |
vicissitude | (n) a change, variation, or alteration; (pl) successive or changing phases or conditions |