Vocab list 10

aficionado- a serious devotee of some particular music genre or musical performer browbeat- to discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner; intimidate commensurate- able to be measured by a common standard diaphanous- Of such fine texture as to be transparent or translucent emolument- Payment for an office or employment foray- A sudden raid or military advance genre- a category homily- An inspirational saying or platitude immure- To confine within or as if within walls; imprison insouciant- carefree or unconcerned; light-hearted matrix- a substance, situation, or environment in which something has its origin, takes form, or is enclosed obsequies- A funeral rite or ceremony panache- A bunch of feathers or a plume, especially on a helmet. persona- The role that one assumes or displays in public or society; one's public image or personality, as distinguished from the inner self philippic- a bitter or impassioned speech of denunciation; invective prurient- unusually or morbidly interested in sexual thoughts or practices sacrosanct- Regarded as sacred and inviolable Systemic- Of or relating to systems or a system tendentious- Marked by a strong implicit point of view; partisan vicissitude- A change or variation