Effusive: overflowing: lacking reserve
Impasse: position or situation from which there is no escape
Euphoria: state of intense happiness and self-confidence
Lugubrious: mournful, dismal, gloomy in an exaggerated
manner
Bravado: a pretentious, swaggering display of courage
Consensus: general agreement
Dichotomy: division into two parts, kinds, etc.
Constrict: to draw or press in; compress
Gothic: pertaining to the style of painting, sculpture, etc.,
produced between the 13th and 15th centuries, especially
in northern Europe, characterized by a tendency toward realism and interest in
detail
Punctilio: a fine point, particular, or detail, as of
conduct, ceremony, or procedure
Metamorphosis: a profound change in form from one stage to
the next in the life history of an organism
Raconteur: a person who is skilled in relating stories and anecdotes
interestingly
Sine qua non: an indispensable condition, element, or factor
Quixotic: visionary, impractical, or impracticable
Vendetta: any prolonged and bitter feud, rivalry,
contention, or the like
Non sequitur: an inference or a conclusion that does not
follow from the premises
Mystique: framework of beliefs or the like, constructed
around a person or object endowing them with enhanced value or profound meaning
Quagmire: an area of miry or boggy ground whose surface
yields under the tread
Parlous: perilous; dangerous clever; shrewd
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