Vocab H11

Question 1

apostate

Answer 1

(n.) one who forsakes his or her religion, party, or cause

Question 2

bravado

Answer 2

(n.) a display of false or assumed courage

Question 3

consensus

Answer 3

(n.) a collective or general agreement of opinion, feeling, or thinking

Question 4

constrict

Answer 4

(v.) to make smaller or narrower, draw together, squeeze; to stop or cause to falter

Question 5

dichotomy

Answer 5

(n.) a division into two contradictory or mutually exclusive parts; a branching or forking in an ancestral life

Question 6

effusive

Answer 6

(adj.) highly demonstrative; unrestrained

Question 7

euphoria

Answer 7

(n. ) a feeling of great happiness or well-being, often with no objective basis
ant: melancholy

Question 8

gothic

Answer 8

(adj.) characterized by or emphasizing a gloomy setting and grotesque or violent events; such a literary or artistic style; a type of medieval architecture

Question 9

impasse

Answer 9

(n.) a dead end; a position from which there is no escape; a problem to which there is no solution

Question 10

lugubrious

Answer 10

(adj. ) sad, mournful, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree
syn: doleful, dolorous

Question 11

metamorphosis

Answer 11

(n.) a complete transformation, as if by magic

Question 12

mystique

Answer 12

(n.) an aura or attitude of mystery or veneration surrounding something or someone

Question 13

non sequitur

Answer 13

(n.) an inference or conclusion that does not follow logically from the facts or premises

Question 14

parlous

Answer 14

(adj.) full of danger, perilous

Question 15

punctilio

Answer 15

(n.) a minute detail of conduct or procedure; an instant of time

Question 16

quagmire

Answer 16

(n. ) soft, soggy mud or slush; a difficult or entrapping situation
syn: morass
ant: terra firma

Question 17

quixotic

Answer 17

(adj. ) extravagantly or romantically idealistic; visionary without regard to practical considerations
ant: pragmatic

Question 18

raconteur

Answer 18

(n.) a person who tells stories and anecdotes with great skill

Question 19

sine qua non

Answer 19

(n.) an essential or indispensable element or condition

Question 20

vendetta

Answer 20

(n.) a prolonged feud, often between two families, characterized by retaliatory acts of revenge; any act motivated by vengeance