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Vocab 1-2
Question | Answer |
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camaraderie | rapport and goodwill |
frangible | fragile; easy to break |
litany | any long, recital |
moratorium | a suspension of activity; an authorized delay |
zealous | fervent; fanatical |
desiccate | to dry out; to remove moisture |
wrenching | causing mental or physical pain |
replete | full; abundant |
interminable | tiresome and long; seeming endless |
arable | suitable for cultivation of land |
lugubrious | mournful; gloomy |
truncate | to shorten |
ubiquitous | occurring or seeming to occur |
vernacular | everyday language |
equanimity | composure; calmness |
metamorphosis | transformation or dramatic change |
donnybrook | a fight; an uproar |
nonchalant | unconcerned; indifferent |
vestige | a trace or evidence of something that once existed |
interlocutor | someone who participates in a conversation |
procrustean | strictly disregarding individual differences or circumstances |
stygian | dark and forbidding |
sophistry | a deliberately deceptive or misleading argument |
carte blanche | boundless authority; unlimited power to act |
incantation | a chant; a recited magical spell |
cosmopolitan | worldly; sophisticated |
rife | abundant; prevalent |
nomenclature | technical names or naming system in an art or science |
brigand | a robber or bandit |
contemptuous | haughty; scornful |