Vocab week 3 flash cards

Question 1

Anonymous

Answer 1

1.Of an unknown source or unrevealed name.

Question 2

Anthology

Answer 2

1.A collection of various writings, such as songs, stories, or poems

Question 3

Conjecture

Answer 3

1. A conclusion based on guesswork or insufficient evidence.

2. To form an opinion while lacking sufficient evidence

Question 4

Disposition

Answer 4

1. A person’s usual mood, temperament

2. A regular tendency or inclination

Question 5

Encompass

Answer 5

To enclose or encircle

2.To include

Question 6

Extricate

Answer 6

1.To free from a difficult or tangled situation

Question 7

Generation

Answer 7

1. One step in the line of descent of a family
2. All people born and living about the same time
3. The average span of time between the birth of parents and their children

Question 8

Guile

Answer 8

1.Cunning or deceit in dealing with others; trickery

Question 9

Imperative

Answer 9

1. Urgent; pressing

2. Having the power or authority to command

Question 10

Instill

Answer 10

1.To introduce gradually in order to establish securely

Question 11

Modify

Answer 11

1. To make less extreme or severe
2. To make change in
3. In grammar, to limit or restrict in meaning

Question 12

Pivot

Answer 12

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

2. A person or thing on which others depend

Question 13

Prevalent

Answer 13

1.Commonly occurring; widely accepted or practiced

Question 14

Recur

Answer 14

1. To come up again or to happen again

2. To come to mind again

Question 15

Spontaneous

Answer 15

1. Voluntary and unplanned

2. Occuring or produced without human labor