Lesson 3 Flashcards

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A collection of varies writings such as songs stories or poems

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Anthology

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1
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Of an unknown source or us revealed name

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Anonymous

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2
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A conclusion based in guesswork or insufficient evidence

To form an opinion while lacking sufficient evidence

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Conjecture

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3
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A persons usual mood temperament

A regular tendency or inclination

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Disposition

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4
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To enclose or encircle

To include

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Encompass

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5
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To free from a difficult or tangled situation

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Extricate

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6
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One step in the line of descent of a family
All the people born and living at the same time
The average span if time between the birth of parents and their children.

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Generation

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7
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Cunning or deceit in dealing with others trickery

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Guile

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8
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Urgent pressing

Having the power or authority to command

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Imperative

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9
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To introduce gradually in order to establish securely

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Instill

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10
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To make less extreme or severe
To make changes in
In grammar to limit or restrict in meaning

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Modify

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11
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A small bar or rod on which something else turns
A person or thing in which others depend
To turn on or as if on a pivot
Vitally important significant

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Pivot

Pivotal

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12
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Commonly occurring widely accepted or practiced

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Prevalent

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13
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To come up again or to happen again
To come to mind again
The act of recurring

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Recur

Recurrence

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14
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Voluntary and unplanned occurring or produced
Occurring or produced without human labor
The quality or condition of occurring in an unplanned way

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Spontaneous

Spontaneity

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