Vocab List #2

1. metamorphosis (met ǝ môr fǝ sis) n. a transformation or dramatic 

change 

2. donnybrook (don'ē brook) n. a fight; an uproar 

3. nonchalant (non shǝ länt') adj. unconcerned; indifferent 

4. vestige (ves' tij) n. a trace or evidence of something that once

5. interlocutor (in tǝr lok ́ yə tər) n. someone who participates in a 

conversation 

6. procrustean (prō krǝs ́ tē ǝn) adj. strictly disregarding individual 

7. stygian (sti' je ǝn) adj. dark and forbidding 

8. sophistry (sä ́fə strē) n. a deliberately deceptive or misleading

9. carte blanche (kärt blänch ́) n. boundless authority; unlimited power 

10. incantation (in kan ta shǝn) n. a chant; a recited magical spell 

11. cosmopolitan (koz mǝ pol ́i tn) adj. worldly; sophisticated

12. rife (rif) adj. abundant; prevalent

13. nomenclature (nō mən klã chǝr) n. technical names or naming 

system in an art or science 

14. brigand (brig' ǝnd) n. a robber or bandit

15. contemptuous (kən temp ́ chōō ǝs) adj. haughty; scornful