Metamorphosis Vocab

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Corrosive
adj. tending or having the power to weaken or destroy gradually
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Indignation
n. anger aroused by something unjust, unworthy, or mean
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**Innocuous**
adj. Not harmful or offensive
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Reprehensible
adj. Deserving censure or condemnation
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Industrious
adj. “constantly occupied”, or skillful
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admonishment
n. to show warning, to criticize, to chastise
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fastidious
Adj. showing or demanding excessive delicacy or care
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superfluous
Adj. exceeding what is sufficient or necessary
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lamentable
adj. (of circumstances or conditions) deplorably bad or unsatisfactory.
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indolently
adv. averse to activity, effort, or movement; showing an inclination to laziness
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repugnance
n. intense disgust
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inexorably
adv. Not to be persuaded, moved, or stopped
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behest
n. An authoritative order, an urgent prompting
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peregrination
n. a journey, especially a long or meandering one
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reproach
n. the expression of disapproval or disappointment
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assuage
v. To lessen the intensity of something that pains or distresses
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doggedly
adv. marked by stubborn determination
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cajole
v. To persuade someone to do something they might not want to do
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stupefaction
n. The state of being shocked/confused
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invariably
adv. Always or without exception, implying that something is certain to happen in a particular way, regardless of the circumstances or conditions