Vocab list #4

APOSTATE: a person who forsakes his religion, cause, party, etc.
EFFUSIVE: unduly demonstrative; lacking reserve.
IMPASSE: a position or situation from which there is no escape.
EUPHORIA: a state of intense happiness and self-confidence
LUGUBRIOUS: mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially in an affected, exaggerated, or unrelieved manner.
BRAVADO: a pretentious, swaggering display of courage.
CONSENSUS: majority of opinion
DICHOTOMY: division into two parts
COMSTRICT: to slow or stop the natural course or to contract or shrink
GOTHIC: characterized by gloom and mystery
PUNCTILIO: a fine point, particular, or detail, as of conduct, ceremony, or procedure.
METAMORPHISIS: a complete change of form, structure, or substance, as transformation
raconteur to tell
SINE QUA NON: an indispensable condition, element, or factor; something essential
QUIXOTIC: extravagantly chivalrous or romantic; visionary, impractical, or impracticable
VENDETTA: any prolonged and bitter feud, rivalry, contention
NON SEQUITUR: an inference or a conclusion that does not follow from the premises.
MYSTIQUE: a framework of doctrines, ideas, beliefs, or the like, constructed around a person or object, endowing the person or object with enhanced value or profound meaninG
QUAGMIRE: anything soft or flabby
PARLOUS: perilous; dangerous