VOC. #3

*Apostate: a person who forsakes his religion, cause, party, etc.

When students go off to college they tend to apostate many things in order to try to find themselves.

*Effusive: pouring out; overflowing

I was overwhelmed by her effusive attitude when telling us about her past.

*Impasse: a position or situation from which there is no escape; deadlock.

He found himself in complete impasse when put between his wife and mom.

*Euphoria: a state of intense happiness and self-confidence

I never thought Sarah would be in a state of Euphoria after her many rehab treatments.

*Lugubrious: mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially in an affected, exaggerated, or unrelieved manner

Mike narrated the story in such a lugubrious way that I everyone in the audience cried.

*Bravado: a pretentious, swaggering display of courage.

Men usually have this sense of bravado to them.

*Consensus: majority of opinion

My mother and I came to a consensus that instead of arguing with each other we would talk things out.

*Dichotomy: division into two parts, kinds, etc.; subdivision into halves or pairs.

The Holy Bible can be considered a dichotomy because there is an old and new testament.

*Constrict: to draw or press in; cause to contract or shrink; compress.

When I got my first tattoo I felt like the needle constricted my skin.

*Gothic: pertaining to the Middle Ages; medieval.

The gothic architecture was very popular during the middle ages.

*Punctilio: a fine point, particular, or detail, as of conduct, ceremony, or procedure.

All of the pens I own are punctilio.

*Metamorphosis: a complete change of form, structure, or substance, as transformation by magic or witchcraft.

I believe one of the most beautiful metamorphic cycles is the butterfly one.

*Raconteur: a person who is skilled in relating stories and anecdotes interestingly.

After hearing the priest tell the kids stories I came to a conclusion that he is quite the raconteur.

*sine qua non: an indispensable condition, element, or factor; something essential

Tweasers are sine qua non when it comes to perfection your eyebrows.

*quixotic: extravagantly chivalrous or romantic; visionary, impractical, or impracticable.

I find Nicholas Sparks books to be quite quixotic.

*Vendetta: bitter feud, rivalry, contention

The vendetta between the Montagues and Capulets spoiled Romeo and Juliet’s love.

*non sequitur: Logic. an inference or a conclusion that does not follow from the premises.

I always get a bit disturbed when someone tells me a math problem is non sequitur because it just makes me over think the problem.

*Mystique: an aura of mystery or mystical power surrounding a particular occupation or pursuit

Throughout the novel there was a mystique kind of feeling.

*Quagmire: soft boggy area of land

Because I did not realize that the lake had quagmire near it I fell and hurt myself.

*Parlous: perilous; dangerous.

Erick rode his parlous motorcycle to the dunes at 60mph.