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Description
Flashcards by thatgirlwhostudies, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by thatgirlwhostudies
about 12 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| arable | fit for cultivation/fertile land |
| brigand | a robber or bandit |
| carte blanche | authority with no bounds |
| consomme | clear soup |
| contemptuous | scornful, haughty |
| cosmopolitan | worldy, sophisticated |
| discerning | distinguishing differences, detecting |
| donny brook | fight, uproar |
| incantation | charm, recited magical spell |
| interlocutor | questioner, an on-stage speaker |
| metamorphosis | transformation, dramatic change |
| nomenclature | naming system in an art or science |
| serendipity | a fortunate discovery made by accident |
| stentorian | extremely loud |
| vestige | trace; evidence |
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