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Vocabulary D 2
Senior level, Lesson two
| Word | Definition | Synonyms |
|---|---|---|
| arable | fit for cultivation | fertile |
| brigand | a robber or bandit | |
| carte blanche | authority with no bounds | (blank) |
| concomme | clear soup | (blank) |
| contemptuous | scornful, haughty | defiant |
| cosmopolitan | worldly, sophisticated | (blank) |
| discerning | distinguishing differences, detecting | perceptive |
| donnybrook | fight, uproar | brawl |
| incantation | charm; recited magical spell | (blank) |
| interlocutor | questioner; an on-stage speaker | (blank) |
| metamorphosis | transformation or dramatic change | mutation |
| nomenclature | naming system in an art or science | classification |
| serendipity | a fortunate discovery made by accident | (blank) |
| stentorian | extremely loud | earsplitting |
| vestige | trace; evidence | fragment, remnant |