Vocab #9

aficionado (noun): a person who likes and usually pursued interest or activity
I am an aficionado for soccer.

browbeat (verb): to intimidate by overbearing looks or words
The class browbeat him into agreeing.

commensurate (adj): having the same measure, equal
Pay would commensurate with how hard we worked.

diaphanous (adj): very sheer and light; almost transparent
The fabric she picked out for her curtains were diaphanous

emolument (noun): profit, salary
She earned $65 for emolument in tips.
foray (noun): a quick, sudden attack
The team planned a foray against their opponents.
genre (noun): a category of artistic endeavor having a particular form
She preferred to read books that fit the horror genre.

homily (noun): a sermon, and inspirational saying or cliché.
The pastor's homily inspired many from the crowd.

immure (verb): to enclose, shut in
The man immured the child in the basement.

insouciant (adj): free from concern, worry
Her insouciant attitude disappeared when she learned of the paper she had to write.
matrix (noun): something that constitutes the place or point which something else originates
The Continental Congress was a matrix for the Declaration of Independence.

obsequies (noun): a funeral rite or ceremony
The obsequies was held in the church down the street.

panache (noun): a grand or flamboyant manner.
She was told that her story must have panache.
persona (noun): a person, character in the story
The story began by describing the persona involved.
philippic (noun): any speech of bitter denunciation
The curmudgeon's speech was philippic and not heart felt.

prurient (adj): having restless desire or longing
The prurient child finally got the toy.
sacrosanct (adj): not to be entered or trespassed on
He considered his land to be sacrosanct.

systemic (adj): of or pertaining to a system
Systemic factors have labeled these people as bipolar.

tendentious (adj): showing a definite tendancy, bias
The book she was reading was tendentious towards gay rights.

vicissitude (noun): a change occurring in the course of something
After every possible vicissitude, they finally made a decision.