Vocab #9

aficionado: an ardent devotee; fan, enthusiast.

browbeat: to intimidate by overbearing looks or words; bully

commensurate: having the same measure; of equal extent or duration.

diaphanous: very sheer and light; almost completely transparent or translucent.

emolument: profit, salary, or fees from office or employment; compensation for services

foray: a quick raid, usually for the purpose of taking plunder

genre: a class or category of artistic endeavor having a particular form, content, technique, or the like

homily: a sermon, usually on a Biblical topic and usually of a nondoctrinal nature.

immure: to shut in; seclude or confine.

insouciant: free from concern, worry, or anxiety; carefree; nonchalant.

matrix: something that constitutes the place or point from which something else originates, takes form, or develops

obsequies: a funeral rite or ceremony.

panache: a grand or flamboyant manner; verve; style; flair

persona: a person's perceived or evident personality, as that of a well-known official, actor, or celebrity; personal image; public role.

philippic: a bitter or impassioned speech of denunciation; invective

prurient: having, inclined to have, or characterized by lascivious or lustful thoughts, desires, etc.

sacrosanct: extremely sacred or inviolable

systemic: of or pertaining to a system.

tendentious: having or showing a definite tendency, bias, or purpose

vicissitude: a change or variation occurring in the course of something.

To be or not to be don't you see?

after many takes here the closest I had gotten to a perfect recital. I know it's nymph not tis!

Vocab #8

abase: to reduce or lower, as in rank, office, reputation, or estimation; humble; degrade.

abdicate: to renounce or relinquish a throne, right, power, claim, responsibility, or the like, especially in a formal manner.

abomination: anything abominable; anything greatly disliked or abhorred.

brusque: abrupt in manner; blunt; rough

saboteur: a person who commits or practices sabotage.

debauchery: excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures; intemperance.

proliferate: to increase in number or spread rapidly and often excessively.

anachronism: something or someone that is not in its correct historical or chronological time, especially a thing or person that belongs to an earlier time.

nomenclature: a set or system of names or terms, as those used in a particular science or art, by an individual or community, etc.

expurgate: to purge or cleanse of moral offensiveness.

bellicose: inclined or eager to fight; aggressively hostile; belligerent; pugnacious.

gauche: lacking social grace, sensitivity, or acuteness; awkward; crude; tactless

rapacious: given to seizing for plunder or the satisfaction of greed.

paradox:a statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth. 

conundrum: a riddle, the answer to which involves a pun or play on words.

anomaly: an odd, peculiar, or strange condition, situation, quality, etc.

ephemeral: lasting a very short time; short-lived; transitory

rancorous: full of or showing rancor.

churlish: difficult to work or deal with, as soil.

precipitous: extremely or impassably steep: