metamorphosis vocab

Precursor

something that comes before

amiably

in a friendly manner, pleasantly

presentiment

feeling that something is going to happen

Dunning

Pestering for payment

Omission

an act of leaving out, passing over, or neglecting

unassailable

safe from question or attack

plaintive

sorrow, sad

convex

curved outward

imminent

about to happen

lavishly

very freely and abundantly

malingerer

one who pretends to be sick to avoid work

corrosive

capable of eating away solid substances

conservatorium

school of music

propiliate

calm soothe

concierge

a person in the apartment complex who serves as a doorkeeper and janitor

exerate

declare to be hateful

intervene

to get in between, involved in order to help

refuge

protection comfort

fortnight

2 weeks

ardor

eagerness, enthusiasm

recalcitrance

stubborn resistance to authority

charwoman

cleaning woman

breach

briefness, adruptness

milliners

hat maker

masticating

chewing

suppression

holding back or keeping in

allocution

formal speeches

dwindled

became smaller

canvassed

carefully examined or discussed

sanction

penalty, punishment

tremulous

timid, fearful