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chapter 79 vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| metamorphosis | a complete transformation in appearance, character, or function |
| capricious | fright or sudden start; unpredictable, impulsive or subject to whim |
| violatile | derives from chemistry/violate chemicals evaporate readily at normal temperature/also means fickle or inconstant |
| mutable | prone to frequent change, describe people as well as things |
| fluctable | to change in a very specific way; to flow |
| labile | forgetful, means constantly changing or unstable |
| erratic | to wander, to connotes lacking consistency |
| vacillate | to swing in decisively from one idea or action to another |
| quicksilver | changing its nature rapidly |
| equivocate | to make a statement with one or more possible interpretation, often misleading |