Apostate: a person who forsakes his religion, cause, party, ect.
Effusive: unduly demonstrative; lacking reserve
Impasse: a position or situation from which there is no escape
Euphoria: a state of intense happiness and self-confidence
Lugubrious: mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially in an affected, exaggerated, or unrelieved manner
Bravado: a pretentious, swaggering display of courage
Consensus: General agreement or concord; harmony
Dichotomy: division into parts, kinds, ect. ; subdivision into halves or pairs
Constrict: to draw or press in; cause to contract or shrink; compress
Gothic: noting or pertaining to a style of architecture, style of painting or sculpture, or pertaining to music
Punctilio: A fine point, particular, or detail, as of conduct, ceremony, or procedure.
Metamorphosis: a complete change of form, structure, or substance, as transformation by magic or witchcraft
Raconteur: a person who is skilled in relating stories and anecdotes interestingly
sine qua non: an indispensable condition, element, or factor
Quixotic: extravagantly chivalrous or romantic
Vendetta: a private feud in which the members of the family of a murdered person seek to avenge the murder by killing the slayer or one of the slayer's relatives
Non sequitur: logic; an inference or a conclusion that does not follow from the premisis
Mystique: a framework of doctrines, ideas, beliefs, or the like constructed around a person or object
Quagmire: an area of miry or boggy ground whose surface yields under the tread; a bog
Parlous: Perilous; dangerous
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