WCHS Unit 5-H
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| aficionado | (n) an enthusiastic and usually expert follower or fan
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| browbeat | (v) to intimidate by a stern or overbearing manner; to bully
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| commensurate | (adj) equal in size, extent, duration, or importance; proportionate; measurable by the same standards
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| diaphanous | (adj) very sheer and light; almost completely transparent
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| emolument | (n) profit derived from an office or position or from employment; a fee or salary
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| foray | (n) a quick raid, especially for plunder; a venture into some field of endeavor; (v) to make such a raid
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| 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
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| homily | (n) a sermon stressing moral principles; a tedious moralizing lecture or discourse
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| immure | (v) to enxlose or confine within walls; to imprison; to seclude or isolate
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| insouciant | (adj) blithely indifferent or unconcerned; carefree; happy-go-lucky
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| matrix | (n) a mold; the surrounding situation or environment
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| obsequies | (n) funeral rites or ceremonies
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| panache | (n) a confident and sylish manner, dash; a strikingly elaborate or colorful display
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| persona | (n) a character in a novel or play; the outward character or role that a person assumes
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| philippic | (n) a bitter verbal attack
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| prurient | (adj) having lustful desires or interests; tending to arouse sexual desires
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| sacrosanct | (adj) very sacred or holy; inviolable; set apart or immune from questioning or attack
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| systemic | (adj) of or pertaining to the entire body; relating to a system or systems
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| tendentious | (adj) intended to promote a particular point of view, doctrine, or cause; biased or partisan
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| vicissitude | (n) a change, variation, or alteration; (pl) successive or changing phases or conditions
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To hide a column, click on the column name.
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
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