Vocab #10

Vocab #10

Foray

(verb/noun)

Emolument

(noun)

To raid for spoils or a sudden attack or raid in

order to seize or steal things

Gain from employment or position; payment

received for work

If Wulfgar would only fail in a foray and Aislinn be brought to see her folly, he might still salvage an estate from this war.

Emoluments paid to the above jesuits during their lifetime, will continue to be paid by the chest of the chapter.

Homily

(noun)

Genre

(noun)

A kind, or type, as of works of literature

A solemn, moralizing talk or writing, esp. if long or dull

He CINC closed his briefing with a brief homily on

Baghdad's mendacity.

Some would invent words Craig said, words of the John Wayne genre , "You haven't heard the last of this!

Panache

(noun)

Insouciant

(adj.)

Dashing elegance of manner; carefree, spirited self-confidence or style; flamboyance

Persona

(noun)

Calm and untroubled; carefree; indifferent

It is even more challenging for a gray mouse who uses an impressive

set of tools with panache.

Immure

(verb)

Our insouciant young man who pretends to be so dense and full of disregard for world affairs isn't at all what he appears to be.

The outer personality or facade presented to others

by an individual

To shut up within or as within walls; imprison,

confine, or seclude

Philippic

(noun)

Scientists at the research station in Alaska are immured by the frozen wastelands that surround them

For years, Democratic leaders have urged him to start a radio talk show and distance himself from his TV persona.

Obsequies

(noun)

Any bitter verbal attack

Funeral rites or ceremonies

The head coach was briefly suspended after launching into a foul-mouthed philippic during a press conference

Prurient

(adj.)

Matrix

(noun)

Priest: Her obsequies have been as far enlarged As we

have warranty.

Having or expressing lustful ideas or desires

That within which, or within and from which, something

originates, takes form, or develops

"I confess it is not so mysterious nor as prurient as I have

made it sound.

(Hard do find good example) A matrix used for making knives

Remember?

matrix

obsequies

panache

persona

philippic

prurient

sacrosanct

systemic

tendentious

vicissitude

aficionado

browbeat

commensurate

diaphanous

emolument

foray

genre

homily

immure

insouciant

Sacrosanct

(adj.)

Browbeat

(verb)

Very sacred, holy, or inviolable

To intimidate with harsh, stern looks and

talk; bully

Aficionado

(noun)

In fact, he'd probably just as soon I disappeared so he could browbeat you into letting him take charge of the kid.

There was a certain amount of looting, I daresay, but the shrines would have been sacrosanct.

Systemic

(adj.)

A devoted follower of some sport, art

Of a system

That's how he had hooked Deandra, who

had also been an aficionado of sorts.

Tendentious

(adj.)

Diaphanous

(adj.)

Already her systemic infections were responding to the

massive doses of antibiotics.

Characterized by a deliberate tendency or aim; esp., advancing a

definite point of view

Vague or indistinct

If you ask me, the whole witless megillah is tiresome and tendentious.

Commensurate

(adj.)

His gaze locked on her body, concealed only by a diaphanous silk chemise; blindly, he tossed the gown over a nearby palm.

Vicissitude

(noun)

Equal in measure or size; coextensive

A condition of constant change or alternation, as a natural

process; mutability

`This ain't the equality I'm fighting for," she assured him, marking her outline with commensurate injuries.

In the twenty years since, his memory has

undergone vicissitude.