Vocabulary list 4

List 4

• Apostate: a person who foresakes his religion, cause, party, etc: The monk was an apostate after his blatant breach of his religious law.

• Effusive: pouring out; overflowing: The teenager’s exuberance was overtly effusive.

• Impasse : a position or situation from which there is no escape: Between a literal rock and a hard place, the hikers were at an unfortunate impasse.

• Euphoria: a feeling of happiness, confidence or well-being sometimes exaggerated in pathological states as mania: The hipster felt a euphoric high as he listened to his indie bands tracks.

• Lugubrious: mournful, dismal or gloomy: Busy work is a lugubrious task…

• Bravado: a pretentious, swaggering display of courage: The bullriders animated bravado in the face of the horned steer was unparallel.

• Consensus: majority of opinion: We came to a consensus on what was the best movie of the summer this year.

• Dichotomy: division into two parts: Caried colors and shades in peacocks further the evidence of sexual dichotomy present in biology.

• Constrict: to draw or press in; cause to contract or shrink; My bloodflow is constricted when up late.

• Gothic: style of architecture; barbarous or crude, dark brooding tone/writing; Many Cathedral’s of Germany illustrate features of Gothic style.

• Punctilio: a fine point particular, or detail, as of conduct, ceremony, or procedure: Lawyers often emphasize the subjective punctilios of law to secure loopholes in cases.

• Metamorphosis: a complete change of form, structure, or substance; Butterflies are the apotheosis of biologic metamorphosis.

• Raconteur: a person who is skilled in relating stories and anecdotes interestingly: Connor McNamara constantly references quotes to preface his essays/conversations, he quite the raconteur.

• Sine qua non: an indispensable condition, elements, or factor; something essential: Her presence was the sine qua non of every social event.

• Quixotic: extravagantly chivalrous or romantic; visionary, impractical, or impracticable: When he did get around to talking about his own ideas, they seemed quixotic.

• Vendetta: any prolonged and bitter feud, rivalry, contention or the like; Seems like the fates have their own personal vendettas against me some days.

• Non sequitur: an inference or a conclusion that does not follow from the premises: Family Guy, with its constant random vignettes utilizes/ has mastered the aret of non sequitur comedy.

• Mystique: an aura of mystery or mystical power surrounding a particular occupation or pursuit: There was a certain mystique about the fog ensconced mountaintop.

• Quagmire: a situation from which extrication is very difficult; There were in a vehicular quagmire when there car failed on the side of the road.

• Parlous: dangerous; or obsolete: Today’s systems of education are widely parlous in there ridiculous techniques/execution.