Vocabulary #10

aficionado- a serious devotee of some particular music genre or musical performer
browbeat- intimidate
commensurate- able to be measured
diaphanous- Of such fine texture like transparent
emolument- Payment for an office/ employment
foray- A sudden raid
genre- A realistic style of painting that depicts scenes from everyday life
homily- An inspirational saying
immure- To confine within or imprison
insouciant- carefree or unconcerned

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,
persona- one's public image or personality

philippic- a bitter speech of denunciation
prurient- unusually or morbidly interested in sexual thoughts or practices
sacrosanct- Regarded as sacred
systemic- relating to systems
tendentious- Marked by a strong implicit point of view; partisan
vicissitude- A change