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vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |