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vocab
Question | Answer |
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camaraderie | friendship |
frangible | fragile |
litany | recital; list |
moratorium | authorized delay; postponement |
zealous | extremely passionate |
desiccate | to dry out |
wrenching | distressing; agonizing |
replete | abundant |
interminable | tedious |
arable | fertile |
lugubrious | mournful; depressing |
truncate | to shorten |
ubiquitous | occurring everywhere; omnipresent |
vernacular | everyday language |
equanimity | composure; calmness; poise |
metamorphosis | mutation; dramatic change |
donnybrook | brawl; altercation |
nonchalant | unconcerned; indifferent; relaxed |
vestige | trace or evidence of something that once existed; remnant |
interlocutor | someone who participates in the conversation |
procrustean | strictly disregarding individual differences or circumstances; undiscriminating |
stygian | dark and forbidding; shadowy |
sophistry | a deliberately deceptive or misleading argument; kind of the truth |
carte blanche | boundless authority; unlimited power; free rein |
incantation | a chant; recited magical spell |
cosmopolitan | worldly; sophisticated; cultured |
rife | abundant; prevalent; overflowing |
nomenclature | technical names or naming system in an art or science |
brigand | robber; bandit; outlaw |
contemptuous | haughty; scornful; arrogant |