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| progeny | n. 1 a : DESCENDANTS, CHILDREN b : offspring of animals or plants |
| bode | v. to indicate by signs : PRESAGE <this controversy . . . will bode ill for both of us |
| metamorphosis | n. 1 a : change of physical form, structure, or substance especially by supernatural means b : a striking alteration in appearance, character, or circumstances |
| morose | adj. 1 : having a sullen and gloomy disposition 2 : marked by or expressive of gloom synonyms see SULLEN |
| fastidious | adj. having high and often capricious standards : difficult to please <critics . . . so fastidious that they can talk only to a small circle of initiates — Granville Hicks> b : showing or demanding excessive delicacy or care c : reflecting a meticulous, sensitive, or demanding attitude <fastidious workmanship> |
| pandemonium | n. 1 : the capital of Hell in Milton's Paradise Lost 2 : the infernal regions : HELL 3 not capitalized : a wild uproar : TUMULT |
| malinger | v. to pretend or exaggerate incapacity or illness (as to avoid duty or work) |
| wizened | adj. dry, shrunken, and wrinkled often as a result of aging or of failing vitality transitive verb : to cause to wizen <a face wizened by age> |
| covert | adj. 1 : not openly shown, engaged in, or avowed : VEILED <a covert alliance> 2 : covered over : SHELTERED synonyms see SECRET |
| daunted | adj. to lessen the courage of : COWED, SUBDUED synonyms see DISMAYED |
