Chapter 3 Flashcards
1
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anonymous
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of an unknown source or unrevealed name
2
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anthology
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a collection of various writings, such as songs, stories, or poems
3
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conjecture
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- a conclusion based on guesswork or insufficient evidence
2. to form an opinion while lacking sufficient evidence
4
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disposition
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- a person’s usual mood; temperament
2. a regular tendency or inclination
5
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encompass
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- to enclose or encircle
2. to include
6
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extricate
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to free from a difficult or tangled situation
7
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generation
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- one step in the line of descent of a family
- all the people born and living about the same time
- the average span of time between the birth of parents and their children
8
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guile
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cunning or deceit in dealing with others; trickery
9
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imperative
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- urgent; pressing
2. having the power or authority to command
10
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instill
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to introduce gradually in order to establish security
11
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modify
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- to make less extreme or severe
- to make changes in
- in grammar, to limit or restrict in meaning
12
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pivot
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- a small bar or rod on which something turns
- a person or thing on which others depend
- to turn on or as if on a pivot
13
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pivotal
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vitally important; significant
14
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prevalent
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commonly occurring; widely accepted or practiced
15
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recur
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- to come up again or to happen again
2. to come to mind again
