Vocab Unit 11 Level H

Question 1

Apostate

Answer 1

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

syn: renegade, defector, turncoat
ant: true believer, loyalist

Question 2

Bravado

Answer 2

(n) a display of class or assumed courage

syn: swagger, blister, braggadocio
ant: mettle, bravery, pluck

Question 3

Consensus

Answer 3

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

syn: unanimity, concord, accord, harmony
ant: dissension, discord, disagreement

Question 4

Constrict

Answer 4

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

syn: contract, curb, restrain
ant: enlarge, dilate, expand

Question 5

Dichotomy

Answer 5

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

syn: schism, division, bifurcation
ant: uniformity, oneness

Question 6

Effusive

Answer 6

(adj) highly demonstrative; unrestrained

syn: gushy, lavish
ant: restrained, reserved, muted, subdued

Question 7

Euphoria

Answer 7

(n) a feeling of great happiness or wellbeing, often with no objective bias

syn: elation, bliss, ecstasy, rapture
ant: melancholy, depression, gloom

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

syn: sinister, eerie

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

syn: deadlock, standoff, stalemate

Question 10

Lugubrious

Answer 10

(adj) sad, mournful, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree

syn: doleful, melancholy, dismal, dolorous
ant: merry, jovial, hilarious, funny

Question 11

Metamorphosis

Answer 11

(n) a complete transformation, as if by magic

syn: change, makeover

Question 12

Mystique

Answer 12

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

syn: charisma

Question 13

Non sequitur

Answer 13

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

syn: illogical reference, unsound conclusion

Question 14

Parlous

Answer 14

(adj) full of danger or risk, perilous

syn: hazardous, risky, dangerous
ant: safe, secure, risk free

Question 15

Punctilious

Answer 15

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

syn: fine, point, nicety

Question 16

Quagmire

Answer 16

(n) soft, soggy mud or slush; a difficult or entrapping situation

syn: fen, marsh, bog, morass
ant: bedrock, solid, footing, terra, firma

Question 17

Quixotic

Answer 17

(adj) extravagantly or romantically idealistic; visionary without regard to practical considerations

syn: fanciful, impractical, utopian
ant: realistic, down to earth, pragmatic

Question 18

Raconteur

Answer 18

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

syn: storyteller, anecdotist

Question 19

Sine Qua Non

Answer 19

(n) an essential or indispensable element of condition

syn: necessity, requisite, desideratum

Question 20

Vendetta

Answer 20

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

syn: blood, feud, rivalry