Sadlier Vocabulary Workshop Enriched Edition Level H Unit
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1.
Aficionado
(n.) an enthusiastic and usually expert
follower or fan
SYN: devotee, enthusiast
2.
Browbeat
(v.) to intimidate by a stern or overbearing
manner; to bully
SYN: cow, coerce
ANT: cajole, coax, wheedle, sweet-talk
3.
Commonsurate
(adj.) equal in size, extent, duration, or
importance; proportionate; measurable by
the same standards
SYN: comparable, corresponding,
coordinate
4.
Diaphanous
(adj.) very sheer and light; almost
completely transparent
SYN: translucent. gossamer
ANT: opaque, dense
5.
Emolument
(n.) profit derived from an office or position
or from employment a fee or salary
SYN: pay, wages
6.
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
ANT: (n.) retreat
7.
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
SYN: species, sort, school
8.
Homily
(n.) a sermon stressing moral principles; a
tedious moralizing lecture or discourse
9.
Immure
(v.) to enclose or confine within walls; to
imprison; to seclude or isolate
SYN: mew up
ANT: release, liberate, emancipate
10.
Insouciant
(adj.) blithely indifferent or unconcerned;
carefree; happy-go-lucky
SYN: blase, devil-may-care
ANT: worried, careworn, agitated,
distraught
11.
Matrix
(n.) a mold; the surrounding situation or
environment
SYN: pattern, model
12.
Obsequies
(n.) funeral rites or ceremonies
SYN: funeral services
13.
Panache
(n.) a confident and stylish manner, dash;
a strikingly elaborate or colorful display
SYN: style, verve, elan, eclat
14.
Persona
(n.) a character in novel or play; the outward
character or role that a person assumes
SYN: personality, image, role
15.
Philippic
(n.) a bitter verbal attack
SYN: harangue, diatribe
ANT: encomium, panegyric
16.
Prurient
(adj.) having lustful desires or interests;
tending to arouse sexual desires
SYN: lascivious, lewd, titillating
ANT: prudish, demure
17.
Sacrosanct
(adj.) very sacred or holy; inviolable; set apart
or immune from questioning or attack
18.
Systemic
(adj.) of or pertaining to the entire body;
relating to a system or systems
SYN: extensive, comprehensive, system-wide
ANT: specific, isolated, confined, localized
19.
Tendentious
(adj.) intended to promote a particular point of
view, doctrine, or cause; biased or partisan
SYN: partial
ANT: fair, equitable, disinterested
20.
Vicissitude
(n.) a change, variation, or alteration; (pl.)
successive or changing phases or conditions
SYN: fluctuation, vacillation
ANT: sameness, evenness