Monday, January 27, 2014

Spring Vocabulary #3

1. Apostate - person who renounces a religious or political belief or principle
2. Effusive - expressing feelings of gratitude, pleasure in unrestrained or heartfelt manner
3. Impasse - situation in which no progress is possible
4. Euphoria - feeling or state of intense excitementand happiness
5. Lugubrious - looking or sounding sad or dismal
6. Bravado - bold manner or a show of boldness intended  to impress or intimidate
7. Consensus - majority of opinion; general agreement or concord; harmony
8. Dichotomy - division into two parts; into contradictory groups
9. Constrict - compress; to draw or press in; contradictory groups
10. Gothic - pertaining to the Middle Ages; medieval; barbarous or crude
11. Punctilio - fine point, particular, or detail as of conduct, ceremony or procedure
12. Metamorphosis - a form resulting from any such change
13. Raconteur - a skilled person who relates stories and anecdotes interestingly
14. Sine Qua Non - something essential
15. Quixotic - impulsive, often rashly unpredictable; resembling Don Quixote de la Mancha
16. Vendetta - any bitter feud, rivalry, contention or the like
17. Non Sequitor - statement containing an illogical conclusion
18. Mystique - mystery or mystical power surrounding an occupation or pursuit
19. Quagmire - a bog; anything soft or flabby
20. Parlous - perilous, dangerous; to a large extent; greatly