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VocPrep #5
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12th Grade
08/03/2010

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Emily is an IMMUTABLE vegetarian. No matter how hard we try, we cannot get her to eat meat.
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unchangeable
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The old house underwent a METAMORPHOSIS from a rundown shack to a beautiful cottage.
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a transformation
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When the vat of smelly liquid RUPTURED, we picked up our feet to avoid getting the stuff on our shoes.
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to break open
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Harry Potter was able to TRANSMUTE a feather into a frog using a spell he had learned in incantations class.
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to transform
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Rather than marching in precise formation, the battalion broke down into an AMORPHOUS mass of charging soldiers.
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lacking in shape; changeable in form
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Molly was the most MERCURIAL person in the office; we can never tell if she'd be the evil Molly or the sympathetic Molly.
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erratic; highly changeable
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He has changed his position on so many issues so many times that he is considered the most PROTEAN member of Congress.
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capable of assuming different forms
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The sea monster was able to MUTATE into pleasant looking whale.
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to change form
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She was exceedingly FICKLE in her taste in boyfriends; one never knew her who current favorite was.
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likely to change opinion unpredictably
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When asked what would happen to the stock market, the investment guru said simply, It will FLUCTUATE.""
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to vary irregularly
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As the election approached, Jim couldn't make up his mind; his opinion VACILLATED daily.
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to change one's mind repeatedly
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After the oil cap failed, the petroleum engineers needed to REVAMP their original plan.
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to revise
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Their conversation forced Adam to AMEND his previous opinion of his friend's abilities.
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to improve or alter
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