Collection 3: The Metamorphosis (graphic novel)

As you read Peter Kuper's "The Metamorphosis," learn this word list. Here are links to lists for texts in Grade 10's Collection 3: Kafka's The Metamorphosis, Kuper's The Metamorphosis, Simplexity, Magic Island
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  1. transformed
    given a completely different form or appearance
  2. intimacy
    a feeling of being close and belonging together
  3. function
    perform duties attached to a particular office
  4. harem
    living quarters for wives in some Muslim households
  5. predicament
    an unpleasant or difficult situation
  6. awkward
    hard to deal with, especially causing pain or embarrassment
  7. doubt
    uncertainty about the truth or existence of something
  8. diagnosis
    identifying the nature or cause of some phenomenon
  9. garble
    distort or make false by mutilation or addition
  10. acquire
    gain through experience
Created on Wed Jul 09 21:30:57 EDT 2014 (updated Thu Jul 10 13:37:03 EDT 2014)

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