Sadlier-Oxford Unit 11 Level H Vocab
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cacondro on April 24, 2010
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KCull's AP Experience, Maggie L. Walker Governor's School
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 apostate | (n.) one who forsakes his or her religion, party, or cause |
| bravado | (n.) a display of false or assumed courage |
| consensus | (n.) a collective or general agreement of opinion, feeling, or thinking |
| constrict | (v.) to make smaller or narrower, draw together, squeeze, to stop or cause to falter |
| dichotomy | (n.) a division between two contradictory or mutually exclusive parts; a branching or forking in a n ancestral line |
| effusive | (adj.) highly demonstrative, unrestrained |
| euphoria | (n.) a feeling of great happiness or well-being, often with no objective basis |
| gothic | (adj.) (adj.) characterized by or emphasizing a gloomy setting and grotesque or violent events; such a literary or artistic style; a type of medieval architecture |
| impasse | (n.) a dead end; a position from which there is no escape; a problem to which there is no solution |
| lugubrious | (adj.) sad, mournful, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree |
| metamorphosis | (n.) a complete transformation, as if by magic |
| mystique | (n.) an aura or attitude of mystery or veneration surrounding something or someone |
| non sequitur | (n.) an inference or conclusion that does not follow logically from the facts or premises |
| parlous | (adj.) full of danger or risk, perilous |
| punctilio | (n.) a minute detail of conduct or procedure; an instant of time |
| quagmire | (n.) soft, soggy mud or slush; a difficult or entrapping situation |
| quixotic | (adj.) extravagantly or romantically idealistic; visionary without regard to practical considerations |
| raconteur | (n.) a person who tells stories and anecdotes with great skill |
| sine qua non | (n.) an essential or indispensable element or condition |
| vendetta | (n.) a prolonged feud, often between two families, characterized by retaliatory acts of revenge; any act motivated by vengeance |
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