Ch. 2 Vocab Flashcards by Lucia Guido | Brainscape

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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

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vestige is a ______

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noun

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technical name or naming system in an art or science

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nomenclature

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syn: terminology

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nomenclature

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a chant, a recited magical spell

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incantation

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nomenclature is a _________

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noun

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syn: invocation

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incantation

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incantation is a _______

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noun

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transformation or dramatic change

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metamorphosis

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syn: mutation

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metamorphosis

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ant: stasis

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metamorphosis

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metamorphosis is a _______

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noun

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unconcerned; indifferent

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nonchalant

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syn: detached; relaxed

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nonchalant

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ant: excited, concerned, alarmed

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nonchalant

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nonchalant is a ____________

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adjective

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marked by a disregard for individual differences or circumstances

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procrustean

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syn: ruthless, undiscriminating

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procrustean

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ant: sympathetic, compassionate

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procrustean

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procrustean is a _________

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adjective

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sophistry is a ______

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noun

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a deliberately deceptive or misleading argument

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sophistry

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syn: chicanery, ruse

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sophistry

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ant: truth

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sophistry

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cosmopolitan is a ________

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adjective

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worldly; sophisticated

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cosmopolitan

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ant: provincial

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cosmopolitan

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syn: cultured

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cosmopolitan

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a robber or bandit

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brigand

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syn: highwayman; outlaw

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brigand

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a brigand is a ________

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noun