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3697723894ApostateNoun One who fosakes his own religion, party, or cause Syn: renegade, defector Ant: true believer0
3697723895BravadoNoun A display of false or assumed courage. Syn: swagger, bluster, braggadocio Ant: mettle, bravery, pluck1
3697723896ConsensusNoun A collective agreement. Syn: unanimity, concord, accord, harmony Ant: dissension, discord, disagreement2
3697723897ConstrictVerb To make smaller or narrower, draw together, squeeze Syn: contact, curb, restrain Ant: enlarge, dilate, expand3
3697723898DichotomyNoun A division of two contradictory parts. Branching in ancestral tree. Syn: schism, bifurcation Ant: uniformity, oneness4
3697723899EffusiveAdj. Highly demonstrative, unrestrained Syn: gushy, lavish Ant: restrained, muted5
3697723900EuphoriaNoun Feeling of great happiness, with no objection Syn: elation, bliss, ecstasy, rapture Ant: melancholy depression, gloom6
3697723901ImpasseNoun Dead end Sun: standoff, stalemate7
3697723902LugubriousAdj. Sad, mournful Sun: doleful8
3697723903MetamorphosisNoun9
3697723904MystiqueNoun An aura or attitude of mystery S: charisma10
3697723905Non sequiturNoun An inference that does not follow logically from the facts11
3697723906ParlousAdj Full of danger, perilous S: hazardous, risky A: safe12
3697723907PunctilioNoun A minute detail or conduct, an instant of time S: nicety13
3697723908QuagmireNoun Soft, soggy mud. In a difficult on entrapping situation.14
3697723909QuixoticAdj Extremely idealistic, no regard to practicality S: utopian A: realistic15
3697723910RaconteurNoun Great storyteller S: anecdotist16
3697723911Sine qua nonNoun An essential element S: necessity, desideratum17
3697723912VendettaNoun A prolonged feud , revenge + vengeance18

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