Unit 1: Lessons 5 & 6

Front 1

immutable (adj)

Back 1

unchangeable

Hint 1

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mut-
I am an immutable field hockey player; I will never play another sport.

Front 2

metamorphosis (n)

Back 2

a transformation

Hint 2

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meta-
morph-
The person went through a metamorphosis from an ordinary girl to a beautiful girl.

Front 3

rupture (v)

Back 3

to break open

Hint 3

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rupt-
The water balloon ruptured as it was thrown at me.

Front 4

transmute (v)

Back 4

to transform

Hint 4

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mut-
The pony transmuted into a horse during a few months time.

Front 5

amorphous (adj)

Back 5

lacking shape; changeable in form

Hint 5

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morph-
The herd of horses galloped away into an amorphous of dangerous animals.

Front 6

mercurial (adj)

Back 6

subject to wild changes in character

Hint 6

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Our coach was mercurial and always moody.

Front 7

protean (adj)

Back 7

capable of assuming different forms

Hint 7

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She was protean when it came to discussing politics.

Front 8

mutate (v)

Back 8

to change form

Hint 8

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mut-
The caterpillars mutated into butterflies.

Front 9

fickle (adj)

Back 9

likely to change opinion unpredictably

Hint 9

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The fickle teacher was hard to predict when she made opinions on things.

Front 10

fluctuate (v)

Back 10

to vary irregularly

Hint 10

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When the doctor took my temperature, the thermometer fluctuated, so i wasn't able to tell if i had a fever or not.

Front 11

vacillate (v)

Back 11

to change one's mind repeatedly

Hint 11

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He vacillated when we discussed President Bush.

Front 12

revamp (v)

Back 12

to revise or renovate

Hint 12

changes
The house was revamped after the tornado hit.

Front 13

amend (v)

Back 13

to improve

Hint 13

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I amended the problems I had in class in order to acheive more.

Front 14

hackneyed (adj)

Back 14

overused

Hint 14

One Boring World
The statement was hackneyed after I had heard it said over and over again.

Front 15

mundane (adj)

Back 15

ordinary, typical

Hint 15

One Boring World
mund-
The story line was mundane, so i was uninterested.

Front 16

vacuous (adj)

Back 16

lacking substance

Hint 16

One Boring World
vac-
The authors book was vacuous, and lacked a climate.

Front 17

prosaic (adj)

Back 17

unimaginative, ordinary

Hint 17

One Boring World
The creators made a prosaic movie, so I wasn't interested in seeing it.

Front 18

insipid (adj)

Back 18

uninteresting, dull

Hint 18

One Boring World
The book was insipid, so I began another one.

Front 19

banal (adj)

Back 19

ordinary

Hint 19

One Boring World
The television show was banal and extremely boring.

Front 20

pedestrian (adj)

Back 20

commonplace, ordinary

Hint 20

One Boring World
The pedestrian story was not the least bit interesting.

Front 21

dormant (adj)

Back 21

inactive, sleeping

Hint 21

One Boring World
There was no lava flowing in the volcano, so it was dormant.

Front 22

unanimous (adj)

Back 22

in full agreement

Hint 22

One Boring World
anima-
After the discussion, the work people were unanimous about the new law.

Front 23

uniform (adj)

Back 23

always the same, unvarying

Hint 23

One Boring World
uni-
The soldiers were in a uniform positioning.

Front 24

equanimity (n)

Back 24

quality of being even-tempered

Hint 24

One Boring World
anima-
It was great that he had equanimity when it came to stressful projects.

Front 25

magnanimous (adj)

Back 25

generous, forgiving

Hint 25

One Boring World
anima-
Her grandmother was magnanimous especially when it came to Christmas time.