Unit 11 Flashcards
Apostate
One who forsakes his or her religion, party or cause
Bravado
A display of false or assumed courage
Consensus
A collective or general agreement of opinion, feeling or thinking
Constrict
To make smaller or narrower, draw together squeeze; to stop or cause to falter
Dichotomy
A division into two contradictory or mutually exclusive parts; a branching or forking in an ancestral line
Effusive
Highly demonstrative ; unrestrained
Euphoria
A feeling of great happiness or well being often with no objective basis
Gothic
Characterized by or emphasizing a gloomy setting and grotesque or violent events; such as a literary or artistic style ; a type of medieval architecture
Impasse
A dead end; a position from which there is no escape; a problem to which there is no solution
Lugubrious
Sad, mournful, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree
Metamorphosis
A complete transformation as if by magic
Mystique
An aura or attitude of mystery or veneration surrounding something or someone
Non sequitur
An interference or conclusion that does not follow logically from the facts or premises
Parlous
Full of danger or risk, perilous
Quagmire
Soft, soggy mud or slush; a difficult or entrapping situation
