Miller's Wordly Wise Book 8 Lesson 3
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 anonymous | of an unknown source or unrevealed name |
| anthology | a collection of various writings, such as songs, stories, or poems |
| conjecture | a conclusion based on guesswork or insufficient evidence |
| disposition | a person's usual mood; temperment |
| encompass | to enclose or encircle |
| extricate | to free from a difficult or tangled situation |
| generation | one step in th eline of descent of a family; all the people born and living about the same time |
| guile | cunning or deceit in dealing with others; trickery |
| imperative | urgent; pressing |
| instill | to introduce gradually in order to establish securely |
| modify | to make less extreme or severe; to make changes in; in grammar, to limit or restrict in meaning |
| pivot | a small bar or rod on which something else turns |
| pivotal | vitally important; significant |
| prevalent | commonly occurring; widely accepted or practiced |
| recur | to come up again or to happen again; to come to mind again |
| spontaneous | voluntary and unplanned |
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