Chapter 3 Flashcards

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Anthology

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A collection of various writings such as songs stories or poems

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Anonymous

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Of an unknown source or unrevealed name

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Conjure

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A conclusion based on the guesswork

To form an opinion while lacking evidence

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Disposition

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A persons mood

A regular tendency

Temperament

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Encompass

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To enclose or encircle

To include

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Extricate

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To free from a difficult or tangled situation

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Generation

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One step in the line of a descendent family

All people born and living about the same time

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Guile

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Cunning in dealing with others

Trickery

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Imperative

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Urgent or pressing

Having the power or authority to command

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Instill

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Introduce gradually in order to establish securely

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Modify

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To make less extreme or severe

To make changes in

And grammar, to limit or restrict in meaning

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Pivot

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A small bar or rod on which something else turns

A person or thing which others depend on

To turn on or as if on pit

Vitally important or significant

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prevalent

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Commonly occurring or widely excepted or practiced

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Recur

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To come up again or to happen again

To come to mind again

The act of reoccurring

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Spontaneous

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Voluntary or unplanned

Occurring or produced without human labor

The quality or condition of occurring an unplanned way

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