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COMP Vocab #5 - Def
Sadlier, Level H, Unit 5 - DEF
| DEF | Word |
|---|---|
| (n) an enthusiastic and usually expert follower or fan | AFICIONADO |
| (v) to intimidate by a stern or overbearing manner; to bully | BROWBEAT |
| (adj) equal in size, extent, duration, or importance; proportionate; measurable by the same standards | COMMENSURATE |
| (adj) very sheer and light; almost completely transparent | DIAPHANOUS |
| (n) profit derived from an office or position or from employement; a fee or salary | EMOLUMENT |
| (n) a quick raid, especially for plunder; a venture into some field of endeavor: OR, (v) to make such a raid | FORAY |
| (n) a type, class, or variety, especially a distinctive category of literary composition; a style of painting in which everyday scenes are realistically depicted | GENRE |
| (n) a sermon stressing moral principles; a tedious moralizing lecture or discourse | HOMILY |
| (v) to enclose or confine within walls; to imprison; to seclude or isolate | IMMURE |
| (adj) blithely indifferent or unconcerned; carefree; happy-go-lucky | INSOUCIANT |
| (n) a mold; the surrounding situation or environment | MATRIX |
| (n) funeral rites or ceremonies | OBSEQUIES |
| (n) a confident and stylish manner, dash; a strikingly elaborate or colorful display | PANACHE |
| (n) a character in a novel or play; the outward character or role that a person assumes | PERSONA |
| (n) a bitter verbal attack | PHILIPPIC |
| (adj) having lustful desires or interests; tending to arouse sexual desires | PRURIENT |
| (adj) very sacred or holy; inviolable; set apart or immune from questioning or attack | SACROSANCT |
| (adj) of or pertaining to the entire body; relating to a system or systems | SYSTEMIC |
| (adj) intended to promote a particular point of view, doctrine or cause; biased or partisan | TENDENTIOUS |
| (n) a change, variation, or alteration: (pl) successive or changing phases or conditions | VICISSITUDE |