Metamorphosis Vocab

Corrosive

Corrosive

adj. tending or having the power to weaken or destroy gradually

Indignation

n. anger aroused by something unjust, unworthy, or mean

Innocuous

adj. Not harmful or offensive

Reprehensible

adj. Deserving censure or condemnation

Industrious

adj. “constantly occupied”, or skillful

admonishment

n. to show warning, to criticize, to chastise

fastidious

Adj. showing or demanding excessive delicacy or care

superfluous

Adj. exceeding what is sufficient or necessary

lamentable

adj. (of circumstances or conditions) deplorably bad or unsatisfactory.

indolently

adv. averse to activity, effort, or movement; showing an inclination to laziness

repugnance

n. intense disgust

inexorably

adv. Not to be persuaded, moved, or stopped

behest

n. An authoritative order, an urgent prompting

peregrination

n. a journey, especially a long or meandering one

reproach

n. the expression of disapproval or disappointment

assuage

v. To lessen the intensity of something that pains or distresses

doggedly

adv. marked by stubborn determination

cajole

v. To persuade someone to do something they might not want to do

stupefaction

n. The state of being shocked/confused

invariably

adv. Always or without exception, implying that something is certain to happen in a particular way, regardless of the circumstances or conditions