Spring Vocab #3

DEFINITIONS

• Apostate-a person who forsakes his religion, cause, or party 
• Effusive- pouring out; overflowing
• Impasse-a position or situation from which there is no escape; deadlock
• Euphoria-a state of intense happiness and self confidence
• Lugubrious-mournful, dismal. gloomy especially in an affected, exaggerated, or unrelieved manner
• Bravado-a pretentious, swaggering display of courage
• Consensus-majority of opinion
• Dichotomy-division into 2 parts, kinds; subdivision into halves or pairs 
• Constrict-to draw or press in; cause to contract or shrink; compress
• Gothic-pertaining to middle/medieval ages 
• Punctilio-a fine point or detail as of conduct, ceremony, procedure
• Metamorphosis-a complete change of form, structure, or environment 
• Raconteur-a person skilled in telling stories
• Sine Qua Non-an indispensable condition, element, or factor; something essential 
• Quixotic-extravagantly chivalrous or romantic
• Vendetta-any prolonged or bitter feud, rivalry, or contention 
• Non Sequitur-a statement containing an illogical conclusion
• Mystique-an aura of mystery or mystical power surrounding a particular occupation or pursuit 
• Quagmire-anything soft or flabby
• Parlous-perilous or dangerous