aficionado:
(noun) an enthusiastic and usually expert follower or fan
The
Steelers aficionado could name every player’s name and number on the team.
browbeat:
(verb) to intimidate by a stern or overbearing manner; to bully
The
gang had to browbeat many of the businesses into giving them money.
commensurate:
(adj.) equal in size, extent, duration, or importance; proportionate;
measurable by the same standards
Her
5 day suspension is commensurate of the rule breaking she did.
diaphanous:
(adj.) very sheer and light; almost completely transparent
The
diaphanous curtains allowed light to flow into every corner of the house.
emolument:
(noun) profit derived from an office or position or from employment; a fee or
salary
The
emolument the official received was more than enough to cover his debt.
foray:
(noun) a quick raid, especially for plunder; a venture into some field of
endeavor; (verb) to make such a raid
The
theif’s foray left the mansion a mess.
genre:
(noun) a type, class, or variety, especially a distinctive category of literary
composition
My
dad’s favorite genre is science fiction.
homily:
(noun) a sermon stressing moral principles; a tedious moralizing lecture or
discourse
In
the Poisonwood Bible the preacher had many homities.
immure:
(verb) to enclose or confine within walls; to imprison, to seclude or isolate
The
immured girl felt cut off from the outside world.
insouciant:
(adj.) blithely indifferent or unconcerned; carefree; happy-go-lucky
Jane
was insouciant which frustrated her goal driven mother.
matrix:
(noun) a mold; the surrounding situation or environment
The
matrix in which he grew up in was not very agreeable
obsequies:
(noun) funeral rites or ceremonies
Obsequies
are meant to honor the dead.
panache:
(noun) a confident and stylish manner, dash; a strikingly elaborate or colorful
display
The
socialite’s panache was undeniable.
persona:
(noun) a character in a novel or play; the outward character or role that a
person assumes
Her
positive persona lit up the room.
philippic:
(noun) a bitter verbal attack
I
cannot stand when teachers give students a philippic.
prurient:
(adj.) having lustful desires or interests
His
prurient tendencies concerned his religious mother.
sacrosanct:
(adj.) very sacred or holy; set apart or immune from questioning or attack
The
sacrosanct temple had remained in tact for thousands of years.
systemic:
(adj.) of or pertaining to the entire body; relating to a system
The
rash was systemic and covered every inch of skin.
tendentious:
(adj.) intended to promote a particular point of view, doctrine, or cause;
biased or partisan
The
tendentious interview disgusted the public who saw right through it.
vicissitude:
(noun) a change, variation, or alteration
Some people like vicissitude every now and then.
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