Definitions:
1.apostate: one who commits apostasy.
2.effusive: marked by the expression of greator excessive emotion or enthusiasm.
3.impasse: a predicament affording no obvious escape; deadlock.
4.euphoria: a feeling of well-being or elation.
5.lugubrious: mournful; especially exaggeratedly or affectedly mournful.
6.bravado: blustering swaggering conduct; a pretense of bravery.
7.consensus: general agreement.
9.constrict: to make narrow or draw together.
10.gothic: medieval, uncouth, barbarous.
11.punctilio: a minute detail of conduct in aceremony or in observance of a code; careful observation.
12.metamorphosis: a change of physical form,structure, or substance especially bysupernatural means.
13.raconteur: a person who excels in telling anecdotes.
14.sine qua non: something absolutely indispensable or essential <reliability is a sine qua non for success>.
15.quixotic: foolishly impractical especially in the pursuit of ideals.
16.vendetta: blood feud; an often prolonged series ofretaliatory, vengeful, or hostile acts orexchange of such acts.
17.non sequitur: an inference that does not follow from the premises; specifically: fallacy resulting from a simpleconversion of a universal affirmative proposition or from the transpositionof a condition and its consequent.
18.mystique: an air or attitude of mystery and reverence developing around something or someone.
19.quagmire: soft miry land that shakes oryields under the foot; a difficult, precarious, or entrapping position.
20.parlous: obsolete: dangerously shrewd or cunning.
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Sentences:
1. The Buddhist monk became an apostate due his new change in beliefs of the Catholic faith.
2. My family and I received an effusive welcome when we visited my relatives for Thanksgiving.
3. The Los Angeles traffic was in a compete impasse.
4. After winning the close game, the team felt think they were a huge sense of euphoria.
5. The funeral caused many lugubrious reactions within the crowd.
6. The heroic knight had a huge ego and a very high sense of bravado.
7. After ten minutes of discussion, the group finally came to a consensus on what movie they were going to watch.
8. There was a huge dichotomy between African Americans and Whites during the early eras of American history.
9. She wore a turtle-neck sweater that kept constricting as the day went on.
10. The gothic cathedral was absolutely gorgeous.
11. The police officers made various punctilios when visiting the crime scene.
12. The caterpillar went through a complete metamorphosis and turned into a beautiful butterfly.
13. The comedian was an raconteur, who made his audiences cry with laughter.
14. Schools supplies are a sine qua non in order to take notes, to complete homework, and to learn what is being taught.
15. The Odyssey project was a vast and perhaps quixotic assignment.
16. The villain had a personal vendetta against the hero due to his terrible childhood and experiences.
17. The final chapter of the book was a non sequitur and didn't make sense.
18. The new kid in town had a sense of mystique that followed his every move.
19. The rain storm causes the farming fields to turn into a quagmire.
20. The economy is in a parlous state that scares most citizens.
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