Metamorphosis Vocab Quiz

a feeling of pensive sadness, typically with no obvious cause

plentiful in number

an address or communication emphatically urging someone to do something

unnecessary, especially through being more than enough

To wave or flourish something in a menacing,defiant, or excitedway

The smoky skies give everyone a/an _____ complexion and make us _______ for fresher air.

Vocab practice should _____ your fear of the SAT, unless, of course, your fear is ______.

To reside temporarily

exciting distaste or aversion

After he ____ a gun, his pulling out a knife seemed absurdly ________.

deficient in color or lacking sparkle or liveliness

One that indicates or foreshadows what is to come; a forerunner.

standing out so as to be clearly visible

The ____ fires across the American West seem to be a/an ____ of worsening fire seasons to come.

unable to be soothed or mollified especially by concessions

a close bond or connection

existing or coming about seemingly at random or by chance or as an unreasonable act of will

a state in which opposing forces or influences are balanced

To allay the anger of, especially by making concessions

Tired of my son's ___________ whining, I __________him about how annoying emo kids are.

having a sullen and gloomy disposition

to reprove or scold, especially in a mild and good-willed manner

to lie at rest

unyielding or stubborn adherence to one'spurpose, opinion, etc.

Extremely unreasonable, incongruous, or inappropriate