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guillory vocab 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| arable | fit for cultivation (land) ant:parched |
| brigand | a robber or bandit |
| carte blanche | authority with no bounds |
| consomme | a clear soup |
| contemptuous | scornful, haughty ant:humble |
| cosmopolitan | worldly, sophisticated ant:provincial |
| discerning | distinguishing differences; detecting |
| donnybrook | a fight; an uproar |
| incantation | a charm, recited magical spell |
| interlocutor | a questioner; an on-stage speaker |
| metamorphosis | a transformation or dramatic change |
| nomenclature | a naming system in an art or science |
| serendipity | a fortunate discovery made by accident |
| stentorian | extremely loud ant: quiet; silent |
| vestige | a trace; evidence |