AP Literature Unit 5 Vocabulary Flashcards

14925375095	aficionado	an enthusiastic and usually expert follower or fan	0
14925375096	browbeat	to intimidate by a stern or overbearing manner; to bully	1
14925375097	commensurate	equal in size, extent, duration, or importance; proportionate; measurable by the same standards	2
14925375098	diaphanous	very sheer and light; almost completely transparent	3
14925375099	emolument	profit derived from an office or position or from employment; a fee or salary	4
14925375100	foray	a quick raid, especially for plunder; a venture into some field of endeavor; to make such a raid	5
14925375101	genre	a type, class, or variety, especially a distinctive category of literary composition; a style of painting in which everyday scenes are realistically depicted	6
14925375102	homily	a sermon stressing moral principles; a tedious moralizing lecture or discourse	7
14925375103	immure	to enclose or confine within walls; to imprison; to seclude or isolate	8
14925375104	insouciant	blithely indifferent or unconcerned; carefree; happy-go-lucky	9
14925375105	matrix	a mold; the surrounding situation or environment	10
14925375106	obsequies	funeral rites or cermonies	11
14925375107	panache	a confident and stylish manner, dash; a strikingly elaborate or colorful display	12
14925375108	persona	a character in a novel or play; the outward character or role that a person assumes	13
14925375109	philippic	a bitter verbal attack	14
14925375110	prurient	having lustful desires or interests; tending to arouse sexual desires	15
14925375111	sacrosanct	very sacred or holy; inviolable; set apart or immune from questioning or attack	16
14925375112	systemic	of or pertaining to the entire body; relating to a system or systems	17
14925375113	tendentious	intended to promote a particular point of view, doctrine, or cause; biased or partisan	18
14925375114	vicissitude	a change, variation, alteration; successive or changing phases or conditions	19