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15 Cards in this Set
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Anonymous
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Not knowing what or who.
- the generous donator was anonymous. |
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Anthology
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A collection of things. Various songs, poems, etc
- the library's anthology of books was enormous |
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Conjecture
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A theory based on guesswork
- the doctor conjectured that I had tonsillitis. |
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Disposition
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A persons usual mood or temper
- everybody hates Derik because his disposition is sad |
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Encompass
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To encircle. Close in
- we encompassed Sasha when she was sad. |
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Extricated
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To take from a hard situation
- extricating my foot from the car was really hard. |
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Generation
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100 years; all the people living at the same time
-1900 to 2000 is 1 generation |
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Guile
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Cunning when tricking others
-I was very guile when I was telling my parents I didn't go on a date. |
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Imperative
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An Emergency ; needed
- it was imperative that we got to the ER |
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Instill
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To introduce slowly to gain trust
-we has to instill my cat to the new dog |
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Modify
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Change a little bit
- we had to modify the jet pack design |
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Pivot
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To turn in the same place
- when I pivoted in soccer, I completely turned around and lost my balance |
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Prevalent
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Common
- the cold is very prevalent |
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Recur
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To repeat; think again
- the recurring idea of planes was annoying |
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Spontaneous
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Without effort and unplanned
- the spontaneous wind was blowing me away. |
