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lesson 2
metamorphosis-contemptuous
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| metamorphosis | transformation or dramatic change |
| donnybrook | a fight; an uproar |
| nonchalant | unconcerned; indfifferent |
| vestige | a trace or evidence of something that once existed |
| interlocutor | someone who participates in a conversation |
| procrustean | strictly discarding individual differences or circumstances THESEIS |
| stygian | dark and forbidding UNDERWORLD |
| sophistry | a deliberately deceptive or misleading argument |
| carte blanche | boundless authority; unlimited power to act |
| incantation | a chant; a recited magical spell |
| cosmopolitan | worldly; sophisticated; cultured |
| rife | abundant |
| nomenclature | technical names or naming system in an art or science |
| brigand | a robber or bandit |
| contemptuous | haughty; scournful |