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level H unit 11
unit 11 definitions
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 exclusice parts; a branching or forking in an ancestral line |
| effusive | highly demonstartive; unrestrained |
| auphoria | a feeling of great happiness or well-being; often with no objective basis |
| gothic | characterized by or emphasing a gloomy setting and grotesque or violent events; such 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 inference or conclusion that does not follow logically from the facts or premises |
| parious | full of danger or risk, perilous |
| punctilio | a minute detail of conduct or procedure; an instant of time |
| quagmire | soft, soggy mud or slush; a difficult or entrapping situation |
| quixotic | extravagantly or romantically idealistic; visionary without regard to practical considerations |
| raconteur | a person who tells stories and anecdotes with great skill |
| sine qua non | an essential or indispensable element or condition |
| vendetta | a prolonged feud, often btwn two families, characterized by retaliatory acts of revenge; any act motivated by vengeance |