Unit 3 Level H Vocab
virtuoso
a brilliant performer; a person with masterly skill or technique; masterly or brilliant
schism
a formal split within a religious organization; any division or separation of a group or organization into hostile factions
forte
a person's strong point; what a person does best
icon
a representation or image of a sacred personage, often considered sacred itself; an image or picture; a symbol; a graphic symbol on a computer monitor display; an object of blind devotion
interstice
a small, narrow space between things or parts of thing
paean
a song of praise, joy, or triumph
mountebank
a trickster or swindler; a charlatan
enclave
an enclosed district, region, or area inhabited by a particular group of people or having a special character
pragmatic
concerned with practical considerations or values; dealing with actions and results rather than with abstract theory; stiff in one's opinions
gratis
free; without charge
therapeutic
having the power to heal or cure; beneficial
rapacity
inordinate greed; the disposition to obtain one's desires by force, extortion, or plunder
persiflage
lighthearted joking, talk, or writing
plethora
overfullness; superabundance; superfluity
quizzical
puzzled; mocking; odd; equivocal
ancillary
subordinate or supplementary
macrocosm
the universe considered as whole; the entire complex structure of something
condescend
to come down or stoop voluntarily to a lower level; to deal with people in a patronizing manner
bowdlerize
to remove material considered offensive (from a book, play, film, etc.)
cozen
to trick; to cheat or swindle
