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Vocabulary III

Lesson 3 & 4

QuestionAnswer
Evolve To develop or achieve gradually
Immutable Unchangeable; not subject or susceptible to change
Inveterate Firmly established and having existed for a long time; deep-rooted; Habitual; repeatedly acting according to an ingrained habit
Malleable Capable of being shaped or formed, as by hammering or pressure; Easily controlled or influenced
Metamorphosis A marked change in form, character, or function; a transformation
Modulate To adjust or adapt to a certain level or proportion; to regulate
Protean Readily taking on different forms, characteristics, or meanings
Sporadic Scattered; occurring at irregular intervals; having no regular pattern; isolated; infrequent
Transmute To change from one form to another; to transform
Volatile Tending to vary often or widely, as in price; subject to wide variation; inconstant; tending toward violence; explosive; evaporating readily at normal temperatures and pressures
Abstruse Difficult to understand
Acumen Quickness and keenness of insight or judgement
Ascertain To discover or determine with certainty, especially through examination or experimentation
Cerebral Of or relating to the brain; appealing to or requiring the use of intellect; intellectual
Faculty A natural power or ability; a division of a university or a group of teachers
Obfuscate To make difficult to understand; to darken; to make dim or difficult to see
Ruminate To think deeply about; to turn a matter over and over in one's mind; to chew cud, or partially digested food
Stymie To prevent from making progress; to frustrate or thwart efforts
Surmise To guess; to draw a conclusion without sufficient evidence; a guess
Tenet A principle or belief held by a person or an organization
Created by: Hellokitty139
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