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Unit 5
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20
General Vocab
12th Grade
01/21/2010

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aficionado
Definition
an enthusiast, an enthusiastic follower or fan
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browbeat
Definition
to bully, to coerce
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commensurate
Definition
comparable, equal in size/extent/duration
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diaphanous
Definition
translucent, very sheer and light, gossamer
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emolument
Definition
wages, pay
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foray
Definition
a quick raid, especially for plunder
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genre
Definition
species, sort, type, class, dinstinctive category
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homily
Definition
a sermon stressing moral principles
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immure
Definition
to imprison, to incarcerate
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insouciant
Definition
nonchalant, devil-may-care
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matrix
Definition
a mode, pattern, model
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obsequies
Definition
funeral rites or ceremonies
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panache
Definition
a confident and stylish manner, style, famboyance
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persona
Definition
personality, a chracter in a novel or play, role
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philippic
Definition
diatribe, a bitter verbal attack
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prurient
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salacious, tending to arouse sexual desires
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sacrosanct
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very sacred or holy
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systemic
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system-wide
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tendentious
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biased or partisan, partial
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vicissitude
Definition
fluctuation, a change/variation/alteration
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