Vocabulary Words 3

Question 1

Metamorphosis

Answer 1

change of physical form, structure, or substance especially by supernatural means the metamorphosis of humans into animals

Question 2

Mystique

Answer 2

an air or attitude of mystery (see 1mystery 2) and reverence developing around something or someone

Question 3

Non-sequitur

Answer 3

an inference that does not follow from the premises

Question 4

Parlous

Answer 4

dangerously shrewd or cunning

Question 5

Punctilio

Answer 5

a minute detail of conduct in a ceremony or in observance of a code

Question 6

The class learned about how caterpillars undergo ? to become butterflies.

Answer 6

Metamorphosis

Question 7

the ? of mountain climbing

Answer 7

Mystique

Question 8

We were talking about the new restaurant when she threw in some ? about her dog.

Answer 8

Non-sequitur

Question 9

The company is in a ? financial situation.

Answer 9

Parlous

Question 10

The ? at the school’s annual awards day ceremony always called for the students to march into the gymnasium like little soldiers at the beginning of the ceremony.

Answer 10

Punctilio