AP Literature- Unit 5 Flashcards

10781309964	aficionado	an enthusiastic and usually expert follower or fan	0
10781315216	browbeat	to intimidate by a stern or overbearing manner; to bully	1
10781320502	commensurate	equal in size, extent, duration, or importance; proportionate; measurable by the same standards	2
10781329656	diaphanous	very sheer and light	3
10781334439	emolument	(n.) profit derived from an office or position or from employment; a fee or salary	4
10781346019	foray	(n.) a quick raid, especially for plunder; a venture into some field of endeavor; (v.) to make such a raid	5
10781346750	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	6
10781353719	homily	(n.) a sermon stressing moral principles; a tedious moralizing lecture or discourse	7
10781364001	immure	(v.) to enclose or confine within walls; to imprison; to seclude or isolate	8
10781367967	insouciant	(adj.) blithely indifferent or unconcerned; carefree; happy-go-lucky	9
10781367968	Matrix	a mold; the surrounding situation or environment	10
10781376384	obsequies	funeral rites or ceremonies	11
10781382162	panache	(n) a confident and stylish manner, dash; a strikingly elaborate or colorful display	12
10781395729	Persona	a character in a novel or play; the outward character or role that a person assumes	13
10781400442	philippic	a bitter verbal attack	14
10781404340	prurient	(adj.) having lustful desires or interests; tending to arouse sexual desires	15
10781408309	sacrosanct	sacred	16
10781415718	systemic	of or pertaining to the entire body; relating to a system or systems	17
10781421256	tendentious	intended to promote a particular point of view, doctrine, or cause; biased or partisan	18
10781424687	vicissitude	a change or variation	19