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Lesson 2. AP. interlocutor. Someone who participates in a conversation. cosmopolitan. Worldly; sophisticated. rife. Abundant; prevalent. incantation. A chant; a recited magical spell. brigand. A robber or bandit. stygian. Dark and forbidding. contemptuous. Haughty; scornful.
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Lesson2 AP
interlocutor • Someone who participates in a conversation
cosmopolitan • Worldly; sophisticated
rife • Abundant; prevalent
incantation • A chant; a recited magical spell
brigand • A robber or bandit
stygian • Dark and forbidding
contemptuous • Haughty; scornful
donnybrook • A fight; an uproar
vestige • A trace or evidence of something that once existed
sophistry • A deliberately deceptive or misleading argument
Carte blanche • Boundless authority; unlimited power to act
nomenclature • Technical names or naming system in an art or science
nonchalant • Unconcerned; indifferent
procrustean • Strictly disregarding individual differences or circumstances
metamorphosis • A transformation or dramatic change