Vocabulary List 4

Apostate is one who has abandoned one's religious faith, a political party, one's principles, or a cause.

The worse thing you could do in life is become a apostate.
Effusive is unrestrained or excessive in emotional expression; gushy.

Girls definitely tend to be more effusive then boys when it comes to relationships.
Impasse is a road or passage having no exit; a cul-de-sac.

The road was so long it almost seemed as if it was an impasse.
Euphoria is a feeling of great happiness or well-being.

Helping the eldery gives me euphoria.
Lugubrious is a mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree.
After Micheal Jacksons dealth there was a lugbrious attitude for quiet some time.
Bravado is a defiant or swaggering behavior.

I hate when guys act in a bravado manner.
Consensus is an opinion or position reached by a group as a whole.

Will still can't come up with a consensus towards pinnapples.

Dichotomy is division into two usually contradictory parts or opinions.

There always some sort of dichotomy in our discussions on pinnapples.

Constrict is to make smaller or narrower by binding or squeezing.

To kill there prey snakes constrict them until they are dead.
Gothic is of or relating to the Goths or their language.

I love to learn more about the gothic era.
Punctilio is a fine point of etiquette.

Its take a person with real punctilio to practice need work.
Metamorphosis is a transformation, as by magic or sorcery.

Catepillars go through metamorphosis to become butterflies.
Raconteur is one who tells stories and anecdotes with skill and wit.

My mom is a great example of a raconteur, its the best.
Sine qua non is an essential element or condition.
Water is an example of a sine qua non.
Quixotic is caught up in the romance of noble deeds and the pursuit of unreachable goals; idealistic without regard to practicality.
The quixotic little girl dreamed of unicorns and fairys.

Vendetta is a feud between two families or clans that arises out of a slaying and is perpetuated by retaliatory acts of revenge; a blood feud.

The Jones's have a vendetta with Trenev's.
Non sequitur is an inference or conclusion that does not follow from the premises or evidence.
Due the rest and fatigue the officer came to a non sequitur on the case.
Mystique is an aura of heightened value, interest, or meaning surrounding something, arising from attitudes and beliefs that impute special power or mystery to it.
The Feminist Mystique was novel written about womens rights.

Quagmire is land with a soft muddy surface.

Quagmire is oftern found near ponds and swamps.
Parlous is Perilous; dangerous.

Its very parlous to run with knifes.