Ww Test Lessons 3+4

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anonymous

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of an unknown source or unrevealed name

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anthology

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a collection of various writings such as songs, stories, or poems

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conjecture

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a conclusion based on geusswork or insufficient evidence

to form an opinion while lacking sufficient evidence

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disposition

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a persons usual mood, temperament

a regular tendency or inclination

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encompass

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to enclose or encircle

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 line in the step of descent in a family

all the people born and living in the same time

the average span of time between the birth of children and their parents

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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

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 in meaning

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pivot

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a small bar or rod on which something else turns

a person or thing on which others depend

to turn on or as if on a pivot

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prevalant

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commonly occuring; widely accepted or practiced

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recur

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to come up again or to happen again

to come to mind again

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spontaneous

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voluntary and unplanned

occuring or produced without human labor

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abhor

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to shrink from in disgust; to detest

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affable

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pleasant;approachable;gracious

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amiss

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in a wrong or imperfect way

out of order, wrong

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despondent

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depressed from loss of hope or confidence; utterly discouraged

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entreat

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to ask earnestly; to beg

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haunt

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to stay in ones mind continually

to visit frequently

to appear in the form of a ghost

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impel

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to drive or to propel

to urge or drive by force or moral pressure

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interminable

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endless; seeming to be without an end

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irascible

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quick tempered irritable

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profound

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intense, deeply felt

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recluse

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a person who lives apart from society and often alone

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reverberate

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to be repeated in a series of echoes or vibrations

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sage

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having wisdom and good judgement

an aromatic grayish green plant used in cooking

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tirade

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a long angry speech

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tremulous

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marked by trembling or shaking

timid and fearful