V1:5: Changes (rupt/morph: form, shape/ mut/meta) Flashcards

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METAMORPHOSIS , mutation, transmogrification

Metamorphose, Alter, TRANSMUTE, MUTATE, transmogrify

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A transformation
( meta- change + morph form )

To transform

( Trans- across + mut change )

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Immutable

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Unchangeable; permanent; inveterate
( im- not + mut change )

Mutable, protean, vacillitating, mercurial

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Protean

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Capable of “assuming” different forms; Polymorphous; labile

The sea God Proteas was known to be protean, for he could morph into any sea creature.

Immutable, stable

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Mercurial

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(Personality: speedy God Mercury ) erratic, subject to wild changes in character; fickle; capricious; vacillating

Immutable, stables

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Fickle

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Likely to change opinion UNPREDICTABILY

Mercurial, Capricious, vacillating,

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Vacillate

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To change one mind’s repeatedly

Fluctuate ( vary irregularly), waver

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Revamp, refurbish, renovate

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To revise; to renovate

re- again

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Amend, rectify, mitigate, redress, ameliorate

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To improve; to remove the faults of; fix

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Amorphous

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Lacking shape; changeable in form
Shapeless, nebulous, vague, nondescript
( a- without + morph shape )

Crystalline

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