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Mrs. Blankenship

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265348532apostateone who foresakes his or her religion, party or cause, renouncing or abandoning allegiance; a renegade; defector;turncoat
265348533effusivehighly demonstrative; unstrained; gushy, lavish, demonstrative
265348534impassea dead end; a position from which there is no escape; a problem to which there is no solution; a deadlock, standoff, stalemate
265348535euphoriaa feeling of great happiness or well-being, often with no objecting basis; elation, bliss, ecstasy, rapture
265348536lugubrioussad, mournful, or gloomy, esp. to an exaggerated or ludicrious degree; doleful, melancholy, dismal, dolorous
265348537bravadoa display of false or assumed courage; swagger, bluster, braggadocio
265348538consensusa collective or general agreement of opinion feeling or thinking; unanimity, concord, accord, harmony
265348539dichotomya division into two contradictory or mutually exclusive parts;schism, division, bifurcation
265348540constrictto make smaller or narrower, draw together; squeeze to stor or cause to falter; contract, squeeze, to curb, restrain
265348541gothiccharacterized by or emphasizing a gloomy setting and grotesque or violent events; such a literary or artistic style; gloomy, grotesque, sinister, eerie
265348542punctilioa minute detail of conduct or procedure; a fine point, nicety
265348543metamorphosisa complete transformation, as if by magic; change, transformation, make-over
265348544raconteura person who tells stories and anecdotes with great skill; anecdotist
265348545sine qua nonan essential or indispensible element or condition; a necessity, requisite, desideratum
265348546quixoticextravagantly or romantically idealistic; visionary without regard to practical considerations; fanciful, impractical, utopian
265348547vendettaa prolonged feud, often between two families, characterized by retaliatory acts of revenge; anny act motivated by vengeance; a blood feud, rivalry
265348548non sequituran inference or conlusion that does not follow logically from the facts of premises; an illogical inference, unsound conclusion
265348549mystiquean aura or attitude of mystery or veneration surrounding something or someone; an aura, charisma
265348550quagmiresoft, soggy mud or slush; a difficult or entrapping situation; a fen, marsh, bog, morass
265348551parlousfull of danger or risk, perilous; hazardous, perilous, risky, dangerous

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