Lesson 3 Flashcards
Anthology
A collection of various writings, such as songs, stories, or poems
Anonymous
Of an unknown source or unreversed name
Conjecture
- A conclusion based on guesswork or insufficient evidence.
2. To form an opinion while lacking sufficient evidence
Disposition
- A persons usual mood; temperament
2. A regular tendency or inclination
Encompass
- To enclose or encircle.
2. To include
Extricate
To free from a difficult or tangled situation
Generation
- One step in the line of descent of a family
2. All the people born and living about the same time.
Guile
Cunning or deceit in dealing with others; trickery
Imperative
- Urgent; pressing
2. Having the power or authority to command
Instill
To introduce gradually in order to establish securely
Modify
- To make less extreme or severe
2. To make changes in
Pivot
- A small bar or rod on which something else turns
2. A person or thing on which others depend
Prevalent
Commonly occurring; widely accepted or practiced
Recur
- To come up agin or to happen agin
2. To come to mind agin
Spontaneous
- Voluntary and unplanned
2. Occurring or produced without human labor