Sadler-Oxford Vocabulary Workshop Level H 5

39900239	aficionado	n) devotee, enthusiast, usually expert follower or fan
39900240	browbeat	v) coerce; to intimidate be a stern or overbearing manner; to bully
39900241	commensurate	adj) proportionate, corresponding; equal in size, extent, duration, or importance.
39900242	diaphanous	adj) very sheer and light; translucent & gossamer
39900243	emolument	n) compensation, pay, wages; profit derived from employment
39900244	foray	n) sally, sortie; a quick raid, especially for plunder; v) to make such a raid
39900245	genre	n) a type, class, or variety; a style of painting; species, sort, school
39900246	homily	n) a sermon stressing moral principles; a tedious moralizing lecture or discourse
39900247	immure	v) to enclose or confine within walls; to imprison; incarcerate, mew up
39900248	insouciant	adj) blithely indifferent or unconcerned; carefree, happy-go-lucky; nonchalant
39900249	matrix	n) a mold, model, pattern; the surrounding situation or environment
39900250	obsequies	n) funeral rites or ceremonies; last rites
39900251	panache	n) a confident and stylish manner; a strikingly elaborate or colorful display; style, flamboyance
39900252	persona	n) a character in a novel or play; personality, image, role
39900253	phillippic	n) a bitter verbal attack; harangue, tirade, diatribe
39900254	prurient	adj) having lustful desires or interests; salacious, lewd, titillating
39900255	sacrosanct	adj) very sacred or holy; inviolable; set apart or immune from questioning or attack
39900256	systemic	adj) of or pertaining to the entire body; relating to a system; extensive, comprehensive
39900257	tendentious	adj) biased, partial; intended to promote a particular POV, doctrine, or cause
39900258	vicissitude	n) fluctuation, vacillation; a change, variation, or alteration; pl) successive or changing phases or conditions