Vocabulary #4

apostate: a person who forsakes his religion, cause, party, etc.
-The man was an apostate and when he walked around the village, the villagers would look at him as if he was an outlaw.

effusive: unduly demonstrative; lacking reserve.
-The substitute teacher was effusive toward the students.

impasse: a position or situation from which there is no escape.
-We were put in a impasse when they locked us up in a room to talk about our personal problems.

euphoria: a state of intense happiness and self-confidence.
-The boy was in euphoria after attending a football college and receiving praises from famous coaches and players.

lugubrious: mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially in an affected, exaggerated, or unrelieved manner.
-There is always a lugubrious family member at a family event.

bravado: a pretentious, swaggering display of courage.
-The young man was bravado after his big make over.

consensus: majority of opinion
-We took a consensus of whether or not we should take the asphault volleyball courts out in order to build another tennis court.

dichotomy: division into two parts
-There was a dichotomy in the group after the big argument during the meeting.

constrict: to slow or stop the natural course or to contract or shrink
-The point of the lab was to constrict the time it took for the ball to reach the ground.

gothic: noting or pertaining to a style of architecture, originating in France in the middle of the 12th century and existing in the western half of Europe through the middle of the 16th century, characterized by the use of the pointed arch and the ribbed vault, by the use of fine woodwork and stonework, by a progressive lightening of structure, and by the use of such features as flying buttresses, ornamental gables, crockets, and foils.
-The house down the street was very old and gothic.

punctilio: a fine point, particular, or detail, as of conduct, ceremony, or procedure.
-For the wedding, it was punctilio so that it would turn out perfect.

metamorphosis: a complete change of form, structure, or substance, as transformation
raconteur to tell
-The weird solid block did a metamorphosis at night and in the morning, it was liquid.

sine qua non: an indispensable condition, element, or factor; something essential
-The team captain was sine qua non to the team since she has done everything that she can to bring the team to the championships.

quixotic: extravagantly chivalrous or romantic; visionary, impractical, or impracticable
-Not very many young people these days are quixotic.

vendetta: any prolonged and bitter feud, rivalry, contention
-You can see many vendettas when it comes to sports.

non sequitur: an inference or a conclusion that does not follow from the premises.
-There was a non sequitar in the middle of the song.

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
-My mother likes to read books that are mystique.

quagmire: anything soft or flabby
-My cat is quagmire.

parlous: perilous; dangerous
-The tour guide told us not to go in the jungle without a ranger because it is filled with parlous creatures.