Vocabulary Practice: Change and Stability

A collection of vocabulary terms from the lecture notes concerning processes of change, growth, and stagnation, including their English paraphrases.

ameliorate

improve

exacerbate

worsen / make worse

metamorp

transformation

vicissitudes

ups and downs

stagnation

no progress

burgeoning

growing rapidly

obsolescen

becoming outdated

fluctuate

change up and down

catalyst

trigger / driving force

inexorable

unstoppable

proliferatio

rapid growth / increase

volatile

unstable / changeable

consolidate

strengthen