- He is known as an apostate because he abandoned his church.
2) Effusive: (adj) extravagantly demonstrative of emotion; gushing; overflowing
- Her effusive affection for her grandson was obvious for she was hugging him constantly.
3) Impasse: (n) a position or situation from which there is no escape; deadlock
- The bank robbers reached an impasse when they were surrounded by cops.
4) Euphoria: (n) a state of intense happiness and self-confidence
- She was flooded with euphoria when she won the spelling bee.
5) Lugubrious: (adj) mournful, dismal, or gloomy
- The dog's whines were lugubrious when his owners left.
6) Bravado: (n) a pretentious, swaggering display of courage
- His bravado was shown when he confidently walked up stage.
7) Consensus: (n) majority of opinion
- They reached a consensus when everybody agreed to the meeting time.
8) Dichotomy: (n) a division into two parts, kinda; contrast between two different things
- There is a dichotomy between the two kids yet they have become close friends.
9) Constrict: (v) to draw or press in; compress
- To get the clothes in the suitcase she had to constrict them down.
10) Gothic: (adj) pertaining to a style of architecture originating in France in middle of 12th century
- The gothic building was built to look like styles from the middle of the 12th century.
11) Punctilio: (n) a fine point as of conduct; strictness or exactness in the observation of formalities or amenities
- The punctilio of the ceremony was the moment everyone was waiting for.
12) Metamorphosis: (n) a complete change of form, structure, or appearance as transformation
- Metamorphosis happened when the caterpillar turned into a butterfly.
13) Raconteur: (n) a person who is skilled in relating stories and anecdotes interestingly
- He was a raconteur because he compared the two stories interestingly.
14) Sine qua non: (n) an indispensable condition, element, or factor; something essential
- The band was the sine qua non of the party.
15) Quixotic: (adj) impulsive and often rashly unpredictable; extravagantly chivalrous or romantic; impractical
- He acts quixotic because nobody ever knows what he is going to do next.
16) Vendetta: (n) a fued in which members of the family of a murdered person seek to avenge the murder by killing the slayer's relatives
- The two families had a vendetta when the father of one family went to seek revenge for his son by killing the son of the other family since the mother murdered his son.
17) Non Sequitur: (n) a statement that has an illogical conclusion; an inference or conclusion that does not follow the premises
- The statement was a non sequitur as it didn't follow the premises and was incorrect.
18) Mystique: (n) framework of doctrines, ideas, beliefs constructed around a person or object; an aura of mystery surrounding a particular pursuit
- All the unexplained phenomenons became the mystique of the haunted house.
19) Quagmire: (n) an area of boggy ground whose surface yields under the tread; soft or flabby
- Despite the heavy rains that made a quagmire of the fields, the game still continued.
20) Parlous: (adj) dangerous, perilous
- The mission was parlous as danger was everywhere.
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