Vocabulary power plus level 12 lesson 1&2

camaraderie

rapport and goodwill; friendship

litany

a long, repetitive, or dull account

wrenching

causing mental or physical pain; agonizing

arable

suitable for cultivation of land; fertile

desiccate

to dry out; to remove moisture; dehydrate

vernacular

everyday language; slang

replete

full; abundant; abounding

moratorium

a suspension of activity, an authorized delay; postponement

ubiquitous

occurring or seeming to occur everywhere; omnipotent; universal

frangible

fragile; easy to break; delicate; breakable

lugubrious

mournful; gloomy; somber; depressing

equanimity

composure; calmness; sangfroid; poise

zealous

fervent; fanatical; passionate

interminable

tiresome and long; seemingly endless; tedious

truncate

to shorten; abbreviate

donnybrook

a fight; an uproar; brawl; quarrel

interlocutor

someone who participated in a conversation

carte blanche

boundless authority; unlimited power to act; free rein

rife

abundant; prevalent; overflowing; rampant

contemptuous

haughty; scornful; arrogant

stygian

dark and forbidding; shadowy

vestige

a trace or evidence of something that once existed; remnant; hint

nomenclature

a technical name or naming system in an art or science; terminology

incantation

a chant; a recited magical spell

metamorphosis

a transformation or dramatic change; mutation

nonchalant

unconcerned; indifferent; detatched

procrusteam

marked by a disregard for individual differences or circumstances; undiscriminating

sophistry

A deliberately deceptive or misleading argument; ruse; chicanery

cosmopolitan

worldly; sophisticated; cultured

brigand

a robber or bandit; outlaw