UNIT #5 VOCABULARY

95522144	Aficionado	(n.) an enthusiastic and usually expert follower or fan SYN: devotee, enthusiast
95522145	Browbeat	(v.) to intimidate by a stern or overbearing manner; to bully SYN: cow, coerce ANT: coax, cajole, wheedle, sweet-talk
95522146	Commensurate	(adj.) equal in size, extent, duration, or importance; proportionate; measurable by the same standards SYN: comparable, corresponding, coordinate
95522147	Diaphanous	(adj.) very sheer and light; almost completely transparent SYN: translucent, gossamer ANT: opaque, coarse, dense
95522148	Emolument	(n.) profit derived from an office or position or from employment; a fee or salary SYN: pay, wages, compensation
95522149	Foray	(n.) a quick raid, especially for plunder; a venture into some field of endeavor; (v.) to make such a raid SYN: (n.) sally, sortie ANY: (n.) retreat, strategic withdrawal
95522150	Genre	(n.) a type, class, or variety, especially a disctinctive category of literary composition SYN: species, sort, school
95522151	Homily	(n.) a sermon stressing moral principles; a tedious moralizing lecture or discourse
95522152	Immure	(v.) to enclose or confine within walls; to imprison; to seclude or isolate SYN: incarcerate, mew up ANT: release, liberate, emancipate
95522153	Insouciant	(adj.) blithely indifferent or unconcerned; carefree; happy-go-lucky SYN: nonchalant, blasé, devil-may-care ANT: worried, careworn, agitated, distraught
95522154	Matrix	(n.)a mold; the surrounding situation or environment SYN: pattern, model
95522155	Obsequies	(n.) funeral rites or ceremonies SYN: last rites, funeral services
95522156	Panache	(n.) a confident and stylish manner, dash; a strikingly elaborate or colorful display SYN: style, verve, élan, éclat, flamboyance
95522157	Persona	(n.) a character in a novel or play; the outward character or role that a person assumes SYN: personality, image, role
95522158	Philippic	(n.) a bitter verbal attack SYN: harangue, tirade, diatribe ANT: encomium, panegyric, tribute
95522159	Prurient	(adj.) having lustful desires or interests; tending to arouse sexual desires SYN: lascivious, salacious, lewd, titillating ANT: prudish, demure, innocent
95522160	Sacrosanct	(adj.) very sacred or holy; inviolable; set apart or immune from questioning or attack
95522161	Systemic	(adj.) of or pertaining to the entire body; relating to a system or systems SYN: extensive, comprehensive, system-wide ANT: localized, specific, isolated, confined
95522162	Tendentious	(adj.) intended to promote a particular point of view, doctrine, or cause; biased or partisan SYN: partial ANT: fair, impartial, equitable, disinterested
95522163	Vicissitude	(n.) a change, variation, or alteration; successive or changing phases or conditions SYN: fluctuation, vacillation ANT: sameness, evenness