Lesson 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 unreversed name

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Conjecture

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  1. A conclusion based on guesswork or insufficient evidence.

2. To form an opinion while lacking sufficient evidence

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Disposition

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  1. A persons usual mood; temperament

2. A regular tendency or inclination

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Encompass

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  1. To enclose or encircle.

2. 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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  1. One step in the line of descent of a family

2. All the people born and living about the same time.

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Guile

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Cunning or deceit in dealing with others; trickery

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Imperative

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  1. Urgent; pressing

2. Having the power or authority to command

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Instill

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To introduce gradually in order to establish securely

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Modify

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  1. To make less extreme or severe

2. To make changes in

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Pivot

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  1. A small bar or rod on which something else turns

2. A person or thing on which others depend

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Prevalent

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Commonly occurring; widely accepted or practiced

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Recur

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  1. To come up agin or to happen agin

2. To come to mind agin

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Spontaneous

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  1. Voluntary and unplanned

2. Occurring or produced without human labor

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