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| Emily is an IMMUTABLE vegetarian. No matter how hard we try, we cannot get her to eat meat. |
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| The old house underwent a METAMORPHOSIS from a rundown shack to a beautiful cottage. |
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| When the vat of smelly liquid RUPTURED, we picked up our feet to avoid getting the stuff on our shoes. |
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| Harry Potter was able to TRANSMUTE a feather into a frog using a spell he had learned in incantations class. |
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| Rather than marching in precise formation, the battalion broke down into an AMORPHOUS mass of charging soldiers. |
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| lacking in shape; changeable in form |
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| Molly was the most MERCURIAL person in the office; we can never tell if she'd be the evil Molly or the sympathetic Molly. |
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| erratic; highly changeable |
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| He has changed his position on so many issues so many times that he is considered the most PROTEAN member of Congress. |
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| capable of assuming different forms |
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| The sea monster was able to MUTATE into pleasant looking whale. |
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| She was exceedingly FICKLE in her taste in boyfriends; one never knew her who current favorite was. |
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| likely to change opinion unpredictably |
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| When asked what would happen to the stock market, the investment guru said simply, It will FLUCTUATE."" |
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| As the election approached, Jim couldn't make up his mind; his opinion VACILLATED daily. |
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| to change one's mind repeatedly |
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| After the oil cap failed, the petroleum engineers needed to REVAMP their original plan. |
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| Their conversation forced Adam to AMEND his previous opinion of his friend's abilities. |
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