Lesson 3 Flashcards
(15 cards)
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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 un revealed name
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Conjecture
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A conclusion based on guesswork or insufficient evidence
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Disposition
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- A persons usual mood or temper
2. A regular tendency
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Encompass
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- 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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- One step in the line of descent of family
- All the people born and living about the same time
- The average span of time between birth of parents and children
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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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- 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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- To make less extreme or severe
- To make changes in
- In grammar to limit or restrict the meaning
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Pivot
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- 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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- To come up again or to happen again
2. To come to mind again
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Spontaneous
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- Voluntary and unplanned
2. Occurring or produced without human labor