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QuestionAnswer
camaraderie rapport and goodwill
frangible fragile, easy to break
litany any long, repetitive
moratorium suspension
zealous fervent, fanatical
disiccate dry out, remove moisture
wrenching causing mental or physical pain
interminable tiresome and long
arable suitable for cultivation of land
lugubrious mournful, gloomy
truncate shorten
ubiquitous occurring or seeming to occur everywhere
vernacular everyday language
equanimity composure, calmness
friendship enmity
delicate sturdy
postponemant rush
passionate uninterseted
dehydrate moisten
distressing pleasant
abounding lacking
tedious fleeting
fecund barren
somber joyful
abridge lengthen
universal nonexistent
sangfroid anxiety
metamorphosis transformation or dramtic change
donnybrook a fight or uproar
nonchalant unconcerned, indifferent
vestige a trace of evidence of something that once existed
interlocutor someone who participates in a conversation
procrustean strictly disregarding individual differences of circumstances
stygian dark and forbidding
sophistry a delibrately deceptive or misleading argument
carte blanche boundless authority
incantation a chant or recited magical spell
cosmopolitan worldy or sophisticated
rife abundant or prevalent
nomenclature technical names or naming
brigand theif or bandit
contemptuous haughty or scornful
metamorphosis stasis
donnybrook agreement
nonchalant excited, concerned
procrustean sympathetic
stygian bright
sphistry truth
carte blanche restriction
cosmopolitan provinicial
rife lacking
contemptuous haughty
scapegoat bears blame for others
peremptory not allowing refusal, authority
atelier artist or designers workshop
axiom universal truth, theory
dulcet melodious
usurp take over
patronizing acting superior
iniquity an evil, wicked act
archaic no longer current
vacillate to waver
perspicacious keen
abstenious using sparingly
talisman a magic charm
expurgate remove vulgar material
pellucid transparent
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