Vocabulary level H Unit #11

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apostate
one who forsakes his or her religion, party, or cause
bravado
a display of false or assumed courage
consensus
a collective or general agreement of opinion, feeling, or thinking
constrict
to make smaller or narrower, draw together, squeeze; to stop or cause to falter
dichotomy
a division into two contradictory or mutually exclusive parts; a branching or forking in an ancestral line
effusive
highly demonstrative; unrestrained
euphoria
a feeling of great happiness or well-being, often with no objective with no objective basis
gothic
characterized by or empahasizing a gloomy setting and grotseque or violent events; such a literary or artistic style; a type of medieval architecture
impasse
a dead end; a postion from which there is no solution
lugubrious
sad, mournful, or gloomy especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree
metamorphosis
a complete transformation, as if by magic
mystiqur
and aura or attitude of mystery or veneration surroundng something or someone
non sequitur
an interference or conclusion that does not follow logically from the facts or premisis
parlous
full of danger or risk, perilous
punctilio
a minute detail of conduct or procedure; an instant of time
quagmire
soft, soggy mud or slush; a difficult or entrapping situation
quixotic
exrtravagantly or romanticiallt idealistic; visionary without regard ro practical considerations
raconteur
a person who tells stories and ancedotes with great skill
sine qua non
an essential or indispensable element or condition
vendetta
a prolonged feud, often between who families, characterized by retaliatory acts of revenge; any act motivated by vengance
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