Vocab. Lev. H Word Scramble
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word | definition |
apostate | (n) one forsakes his of her religion, party, or cause |
bravado | (n) a display of false or assumed courage |
consensus | (n) a collective or general agreement of opiniopn, feeling, or thinking |
constrict | (v) to make smaller or narrower, draw together, squeeze; to stop or cause to falter |
dichotomy | (n) a division into two contradictory or mutally exclusive parts; a branching or forking in an ancestral line |
effusive | (adj) highly demonstrative; unrestrained |
euphoria | (n) a feeling of great happiness or well-being, often with no objective basis |
gothic | (adj) charactrerized vy or emphasizing a gloomy setting and grotesque or violent events; such a literary or artistic style; a type of medieval architecture |
impasse | (n) a dead end; a postion from which there is no escape; a problem to which there is no solution |
lugubrious | (adj) sad, mournful, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree |
metamorphosis | (n) a complete transformation, as if by magic |
mystique | (n) an aura or attitude of mystery or veneration surronding something or someone |
non sequitur | (n) an interence or conclusion that does not follow logically from the facts or premises |
parlous | (adj) full of danger or risk, perilous |
punctilio | (n) a minute of conduct or procedure; an instant of time |
quagmire | (n) soft, soggy mud or slush; a diificult or entrapping situation |
quixotic | (adj) extravagantly or romantically idealistic; visionary without regard to practical considerations |
raconteur | (n) a person who tells stories and anecdotes with great skill |
sin qua non | (n) an essential or indispensable element or condition |
vendetta | (n) a prolonged feud, often between two familiesm characterized by realiatory acts of revenge; any act motivated by vengeance |
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