Vocabulary power plus level 12 lesson 2

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