The document defines 15 vocabulary words: metamorphosis, donnybrook, nonchalant, vestige, interlocutor, procrustean, stygian, sophistry, carte blanche, incantation, cosmopolitan, rife, nomenclature, brigand, and contemptuous. Definitions and hints or examples are provided for each word.

1. Ms. Barletta
August 30, 2010

2.  1. metamorphosis (n.): a transformation or dramatic
change
HINT: morph-=to change
 2. donnybrook (n.): a fight; an uproar
HINT: Donny and Brooke got into a fight.
 3. nonchalant (adj.): unconcerned; indifferent
HINT:
 4. vestige (n): a trace or evidence of something that
once existed
HINT: A vest with fringes is a vestige of the 1970’s.
 5. interlocutor (n.): someone who participates in a
conversation
HINT: Inter=between; loc=speech; -or=one who

3.  6. procrustean (adj.): strictly disregarding individual
differences or circumstances
HINT:
 7. stygian (adj.): dark and forbidding
HINT: Someone who is stingy with money, might live in
a stygian house to keep the electricity bill low.
 8. sophistry (n.): a deliberately deceptive or
misleading argument
HINT:
 9. carte blanche (n.): boundless authority
HINT: From the French phrase meaning blank paper;
(think blank check-you can write in any amount
that you choose)
 10. incantation (n.): a chant; a recited magical spell
HINT: CHANT

4.  11. cosmopolitan (adj.): worldly; sophisticated
HINT: Metropolitan (city)
 12. rife (adj.): abundant; prevalent
The rifle was rife with bullets.
 13. nomenclature (n.): technical names or naming
system in an art or science
HINT:
 14. brigand (n.): a robber or bandit
HINT:
 15. contemptuous (adj.): haughty; scornful
HINT: Contempt