Tuesday, September 3, 2013

Vocab #3

Apostate: a person who renounces a religious or political belief or principle.


Effusive: expressing feelings of gratitude, pleasure, or approval in an unrestrained or heartfelt manner.


Impasse: a situation in which no progress is possible, esp. because of disagreement; a deadlock.

Euphoria: recognized as a mental and emotional condition in which a person experiences intense feelings of well-being, elation, happiness, excitement, and joy.


Lugubrious: looking or sounding sad and dismal.


Bravado: with gusto and bravery, referring to a way of acting.


Consensus: general agreement.


Dichotomy: a division or contrast between two things that are or are represented as being opposed or entirely different.


Constrict: to restrain or bind movement or action.


Gothic: dark imagery, a genera of literature described by dark scenarios.
 

Punctilio: showing great attention to detail or correct behavior.


Metamorphosis: massive change, the act of completely changing an appearance or structure.


Raconteur: one who tells stories and anecdotes with skill and wit.

Sine qua non: Sine qua non refers to an indispensable and essential action, condition, or ingredient.


Quixotic: exceedingly idealistic; unrealistic and impractical.


Vendetta: a blood feud in which the family of a murdered person seeks vengeance on the murderer or the murderer's family.


Non sequitur: in formal logic, is an argument in which its conclusion does not follow from its
premises.


Mystique: an aura of heightened value, interest, or meaning surrounding something, arising from attitudes and beliefs that impute special power or mystery.


Quagmire: a soft boggy area of land that gives way underfoot.


Parlous: full of danger or uncertainty; precarious.

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