AP LITERATURE UNIT XI Flashcards

3697723894	Apostate	Noun One who fosakes his own religion, party, or cause Syn: renegade, defector Ant: true believer	0
3697723895	Bravado	Noun A display of false or assumed courage. Syn: swagger, bluster, braggadocio Ant: mettle, bravery, pluck	1
3697723896	Consensus	Noun A collective agreement. Syn: unanimity, concord, accord, harmony Ant: dissension, discord, disagreement	2
3697723897	Constrict	Verb To make smaller or narrower, draw together, squeeze Syn: contact, curb, restrain Ant: enlarge, dilate, expand	3
3697723898	Dichotomy	Noun A division of two contradictory parts. Branching in ancestral tree. Syn: schism, bifurcation Ant: uniformity, oneness	4
3697723899	Effusive	Adj. Highly demonstrative, unrestrained Syn: gushy, lavish Ant: restrained, muted	5
3697723900	Euphoria	Noun Feeling of great happiness, with no objection Syn: elation, bliss, ecstasy, rapture Ant: melancholy depression, gloom	6
3697723901	Impasse	Noun Dead end Sun: standoff, stalemate	7
3697723902	Lugubrious	Adj. Sad, mournful Sun: doleful	8
3697723903	Metamorphosis	Noun	9
3697723904	Mystique	Noun An aura or attitude of mystery S: charisma	10
3697723905	Non sequitur	Noun An inference that does not follow logically from the facts	11
3697723906	Parlous	Adj Full of danger, perilous S: hazardous, risky A: safe	12
3697723907	Punctilio	Noun A minute detail or conduct, an instant of time S: nicety	13
3697723908	Quagmire	Noun Soft, soggy mud. In a difficult on entrapping situation.	14
3697723909	Quixotic	Adj Extremely idealistic, no regard to practicality S: utopian A: realistic	15
3697723910	Raconteur	Noun Great storyteller S: anecdotist	16
3697723911	Sine qua non	Noun An essential element S: necessity, desideratum	17
3697723912	Vendetta	Noun A prolonged feud , revenge + vengeance	18