metamorphosis english vocab

Addle (v)

make (someone) unable to think clearly; confuse

Ardor (n)

enthusiasm or passion

Ephemeral (adj)

lasting for a very short time

Exude (v)

(of a person) display (an emotion or quality) strongly and openly

Fetid (adj)

smelling extremely unpleasant

Filial (adj)

of or due from a son or daughter

Lout (n)

an uncouth and aggressive man or boy

Impracticable (adj)

(of a course of action) impossible in practice to do or carry out

Obtuse (adj)

annoyingly insensitive or slow to understand

Vermin (n)

wild animals that are believed to be harmful to crops, farm animals, or game, or that carry disease, e.g., rodents

ameliorate (v)

make (something bad or unsatisfactory) better

debacle (n)

a sudden and ignominious failure; a fiasco

diminutive (adj)

extremely or unusually small

gyrate (v)

move or cause to move in a circle or spiral, especially quickly

imminent (adj)

about to happen

obstinate (adj)

stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or chosen course of action, despite attempts to persuade one to do so

pallid (adj)

of a person's face) pale, typically because of poor health

plaintive (adj)

sounding sad and mournful

premonition (n)

a strong feeling that something is about to happen, especially something unpleasant

rectify (v)

put right; correct