Vocab list #10

Vocabulary defined by Bernardo Gonzalez.

1. aficionado- (noun) a serious devotee of some particular music genre or musical performer
2. browbeat- (verb) to discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner; intimidate
3. commensurate- (adj) able to be measured by a common standard
4. diaphanous- (adj) Of such fine texture as to be transparent or translucent
5. emolument- (noun) Payment for an office or employment
6. foray- (noun) A sudden raid or military advance
7. genre- (noun) A realistic style of painting that depicts scenes from everyday life
8. homily- (noun) An inspirational saying or platitude
9. immure- (verb) To confine within or as if within walls; imprison
10. insouciant- (adj) carefree or unconcerned; light-hearted
11. matrix- (noun) a substance, situation, or environment in which something has its origin, takes form, or is enclosed
12. obsequies- (noun) A funeral rite or ceremony
13. panache- (noun) A bunch of feathers or a plume, especially on a helmet.
14. persona- (noun) The role that one assumes or displays in public or society; one's public image or personality, as distinguished from the inner self
15. philippic- (noun) a bitter or impassioned speech of denunciation; invective
16. prurient- (adj) unusually or morbidly interested in sexual thoughts or practices
17. sacrosanct- (adj) Regarded as sacred and inviolable
18. systemic- (adj) Of or relating to systems or a system
19. tendentious- (adj) Marked by a strong implicit point of view; partisan
20. vicissitude- (noun) A change or variation