apostate: one who forsakes his/her religion, party, or cause.
bravado: a display of false or assumed courage.
consensus: a collective or general agreement of opinion, feeling, or thinking.
constrict: to make smaller or narrower, draw together, squeeze; to stop or cause to falter.
dichotomy: a division into two contradictory or mutually exclusive parts; a branching or forking in an ancestral line.
effusive: highly demonstrative; unrestrained.
euphoria: a feeling of great happiness or well-being, often with no objective basis.
gothic:
characterized by or emphasizing a gloomy setting and grotesque or
violent events; such a literary or artistic style; a type of medieval
architecture.
impasse: a dead end; a position from which there is no escape; a problem to which there is no solution.
lugubrious: sad, mournful, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree.
metamorphosis: a complete transformation, as if by magic.
mystique: an aura or attitude of mystery or veneration surrounding something or someone.
non sequitur: an inference or conclusion that does not follow logically from the facts or premises.
parlous: full of danger or risk, perilous.
punctilio: a minute detail of conduct or procedure; an instant of time.
quagmire: a difficult or entrapping situation; soft, soggy mud or slush.
quixotic: extravagantly or romantically idealistic; visionary without regard to practical considerations.
raconteur: a person who tells stories and anecdotes with great skill.
sine qua non: an essential or indispensable element or condition.
vendetta: a prolonged feud, often between two families, characterized by retaliatory acts of revenge; any act of motivated vengeance.
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