Language Arts Vocab Section 3

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Anonymous

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1. of an unknown source or an unrevealed name

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Anthology

Back 2

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

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Conjecture

Back 3

1. A conclusion based on guess work or insufficient evidence

2. To form an opinion while lacking sufficient evidence

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Disposition

Back 4

1. A persons usual mood; temperament

2. A regular tendency or inclination

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Encompass

Back 5

1. To enclose or encircle

2. To enclude

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Extricate

Back 6

1. To free from a difficult or tangled situation

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Generation

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1. One step in the line of descent of a family

2. All the people born or living around the same time

3. The average span of time between the birth of parents and their children.

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Guile

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1. Cunning or deceit in dealing with others; trickery.

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Imperative

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1. Urgent; pressing.

2. Having the power or authority to command.

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Instill (or instil)

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1. To introduce gradually in order to establish securely

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Modify

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1. To make less extreme or severe.

2. To make changes in.

3. In grammar, to limit or restrict in meaning.

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Pivot

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

2. A person or thing on which others depend.

3. To turn on or as if on a pivot.

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Prevalent

Back 13

1. Commonly occurring; widely accepted or practiced.

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Recur

Back 14

1. To come up again or to happen again

2. To come to mind again.

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Spontaneous

Back 15

1. Voluntary and unplanned.

2. Occurring or produced without human labor.