Vocabulary: Spring List 3

1. Apostate: A person who renounces a religious or political belief or principle.
2. Effusive: Expressing feelings of gratitude, pleasure, or approval in an unrestrained or heartfelt manner.
3. Impasse: A situation in which no progress is possible, because of disagreement.
4. Euphoria: A feeling or state of intense excitement and happiness.
5. Lugubrious: Looking or sounding sad and dismal.
6. Bravado: A bold manner or a show of boldness intended to impress or intimidate.
7. Consensus: General agreement.
8. Dichotomy: A division or contrast between two things that are or are represented as being opposed or entirely different.
9. Gothic: Of or in the style of an architecture prevalent in western Europe in the 12th-16th centuries, characterized by pointed arches, rib vaults, and flying buttresses, together with large windows and elaborate tracery.
10. Constrict: Make narrower
11. Punctilio: A fine or pretty point of conduct or procedure.
12. Metamorphosis: Process of transformation from an immature to an adult for two or more distinct phases.
13. Raconteur: A person who tells anecdotes in a skillful and amusing way.
14. Sine qua non: A thing that is absolutely necessary.
15. Quixotic: Exceedingly idealistic.
16. Vendetta: A blood feud in which the family of a murdered person seeks vengeance on the murderer or the murderer's family.
17. Non sequitur: A conclusion or statement that does not logically follow the previous conclusion or statement.
18. Mystique: A fascinating aura of mystery, awe, and power surrounding someone or something.
19. Quagmire: A soft boggy area of land that gives way underfoot.
20. Parlous: Full of danger or uncertainty.