unit 11

Question 1

apostate

Answer 1

one who forsakes their religion, party, or cause

Question 2

bravado

Answer 2

display of false or assumed courage

Question 3

consensus

Answer 3

a collective or general agreement of opinion

Question 4

constrict

Answer 4

to make smaller or narrower, to draw together

Question 5

dichotomy

Answer 5

a division of two contradictory or mutually exclusive parts

Question 6

effusive

Answer 6

highly demonstrative, lavish,

Question 7

euphoria

Answer 7

a feeling of great happiness or well-being, often with no objective basis

Question 8

gothic

Answer 8

characterized by or emphasizing a gloomy setting and grotesque or violent events

Question 9

impasse

Answer 9

a dead end; a position from which there is no escape

Question 10

lugubrious

Answer 10

sad, mournful, or gloomy

Question 11

metamorphosis

Answer 11

a complete transformation

Question 12

mystique

Answer 12

an aura or attitude of mystery or veneration surrounding something or someon

Question 13

non sequitur

Answer 13

an interference or conclusion that does not follow logically from the facts or premesis

Question 14

parlous

Answer 14

full of danger, risk, perilous

Question 15

punctilio

Answer 15

a minute detail of conduct or procedure; an instant of time

Question 16

quagmire

Answer 16

soft, soggy mud or slush, a difficult entrapping situation

Question 17

quixotic

Answer 17

extravagantly or romantically idealistic; visionary without regard to practical considerations

Question 18

raconteur

Answer 18

a person who tells stories and anecdotes with great skill

Question 19

sine qua non

Answer 19

an essential or indispensable element or condition

Question 20

vendetta

Answer 20

a prolonged feud, often between two families, characterized by retaliatory acts of revenge; nay act motivated by vengeance