8Th-Jk-Ww Book 5 Lesson 3

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Anonymous

Back 1

adj-Of an unknown source or unrevealed name

Front 2

Anthology

Back 2

n-A collection of various writings, such as songs, stories, or poems

Front 3

Conjecture

Back 3

n-A conclusion based on guesswork or insufficient evidence
v-To form an opinion while lacking sufficient detail

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Disposition

Back 4

n-1.A person's usual mood; temperament
2.A regular tendency inclination

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Encompass

Back 5

v-1.To enclose or encircle
2.To include

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Extricate

Back 6

v-To free from a difficult or tangled situation

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Generation

Back 7

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

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Guile

Back 8

n-Cunning or deciet in dealing with others; trickery

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Imperative

Back 9

adj-1.Urgent; pressing
2.Having the the power or authority to command

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Instill or Instil

Back 10

v-To introduce gradually in order to establish securely

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Modify

Back 11

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

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Pivot

Back 12

n-1.A small bar or rod on whivh something else turns
2.A person or thing on which others depend
v-To turn on or as if on a pivot
Pivotal,adj-Vitally important; significant

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Prevalent

Back 13

adj-Commonly occuring; widely accepted or practiced

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Recur

Back 14

v-1. To come up again or to happen again
2.To come to mind again

Recurrence,n-The act of recurring

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Spontaneuous

Back 15

adj-1.Voluntary and unplanned
2.Occuring or produced without human labor

Spontaneity,n-The quality or condition of occuring in an unplanned way