ENG3H Level H Unit 5
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 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 salary |
| foray | a quick raid, espeically for plunder; a venture into some field or endeavor; to make such a raid |
| genre | a type, class, or variety, espeically a distinctive category of literary composition; a style of painting in which everyday scenes are realistically depicted |
| homily | a sermon 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 surrouding 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 |
| prurient | having lustful desires or interests; tending to arouse sexual desires |
| sacrosanct | very sacred or holy; inviolable; set apart or immune from questioning or attack |
| systemic | of or pertaining to the entire body; relating to a system or systems |
| tendentious | intended to promote a particular point of view, doctrine, or cause; biased or partisan |
| vicissitude | a change, variation, or alteration; successive or changing phases or conditions |
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