AP Language Vocabulary #5
Terms
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- Aficionado (n.)
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An Enthusiastic Admirer or follower; fan
Sentence- The aficionado followed me into my home, so I had him arrested. - Browbeat (v.)
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To intimidate or subjugate by an overbearing manner or domineering speech; bully
Sentence- I began to browbeat the child who was younger than me, although I feel bad about it now, at the time it raised my ego. - Commensurate (adj.)
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Of the same size, extent, or duration as another
Sentence- The commensurate project we did was very similar to the project we did back in April. - Diaphonous (adj.)
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Of such fine texture as to be transparent or translucent.
Sentence- The diaphonous silk felt good flowing beneath my fingers, but I knew I could never afford the dress. - Emclument (n.)
- Fee, comensation, salary
- Foray (n.)
- A brief excursion; a quick raid
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Genre (n.)
Homily (n.) -
A type or class
A sermon -
Immure (v.)
Insouciant (adj.) -
To confine; imprison
nonchalant; unconcerned - Matrix (n.)
- the basis of ideas, surrounding environments
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Obsequies (n.)
Panache (adj.) -
Funeral rites or ceremonies
Flair/flamboyency - Persona (n.)
- A voice or character representing the speaker in literature
- Phillppic (n.)
- A harsh often insulting verbal denunciation; a tirade
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Prurient (adj.)
Sacrosanct (adj.) -
Inordinately interested in matters of sex
Reguarded as sacred and inviolable -
Systemic (adj.)
Tendenticus (adj.) -
Related to a system
Biast, partial, onesided - Vicissitude (n.)
- A change or variation