Ch. 2 Vocab Flashcards by Lucia Guido

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a fight; an uproar

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donnybrook

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syn: brawl, quarrel, altercation

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donnybrook

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ant: agreement

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donybrook

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donnybrook is a _____

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noun

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someone who participates in a conversation

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interlocutor

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interlocutor is a _________

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noun

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boundless authority; unlimited power to act

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carte blanche

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syn: license, sanction, free rein

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carte blanche

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ant: restriction

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carte blanche

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abundant; prevalent

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rife

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carte blanche is a _____

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noun

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rife is a _______

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adjective

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syn: overflowing; rampant

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rife

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ant: lacking, limited

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rife

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haughty; scornful

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contemptuous

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syn: arrogant, derisive

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contemptuous

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contemptuous is a _________

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adjective

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ant: humble, polite

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contemptuous

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dark and forbidding

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stygian

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syn: shadowy

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stygian

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ant: bright, illuminated

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stygian

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stygian is an __________

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adjective

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a trace or evidence of something that once existed

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vestige

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syn: remnant, hint

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vestige

vestige is a ______

noun

technical name or naming system in an art or science

nomenclature

syn: terminology

nomenclature

a chant, a recited magical spell

incantation

nomenclature is a _________

noun

syn: invocation

incantation

incantation is a _______

noun

transformation or dramatic change

metamorphosis

syn: mutation

metamorphosis

ant: stasis

metamorphosis

metamorphosis is a _______

noun

unconcerned; indifferent

nonchalant

syn: detached; relaxed

nonchalant

ant: excited, concerned, alarmed

nonchalant

nonchalant is a ____________

adjective

marked by a disregard for individual differences or circumstances

procrustean

syn: ruthless, undiscriminating

procrustean

ant: sympathetic, compassionate

procrustean

procrustean is a _________

adjective

sophistry is a ______

noun

a deliberately deceptive or misleading argument

sophistry

syn: chicanery, ruse

sophistry

ant: truth

sophistry

cosmopolitan is a ________

adjective

worldly; sophisticated

cosmopolitan

ant: provincial

cosmopolitan

syn: cultured

cosmopolitan

a robber or bandit

brigand

syn: highwayman; outlaw

brigand

a brigand is a ________

noun