Wordly Wise 3000 Lesson 3
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macosxleopard on December 1, 2011
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vocab
Classes:
Mr. Merrill's language arts class
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15 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 anonymous | Of an unknown source or unrevealed name. |
| anthology | A collection of various writings, such as songs, stories, or poems. |
| conjecture | 1. A conclusion based on guesswork or insufficient evidence. 2. To form an opinion while lacking sufficient evidence. |
| disposition | 1. A person's usual mood; temperament. 2. A regular tendency or inclination. |
| encompass | 1. To enclose or encircle. 2. To include. |
| extricate | To free from a difficult or tangled situation. |
| generation | 1. One step in the line of descent of a 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. |
| guile | Cunning or deceit in dealing with others; trickery. |
| imperative | 1. Urgent; pressing. 2. Having the power or authority to command. |
| instill or instil | To introduce gradually in order to establish securely. |
| modify | 1. To make less extreme or severe. 2. To make changes in. 3. In grammar, to limit or restrict in meaning. |
| pivot; pivotal* | *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. *Vitally important; significant. |
| prevalent | Commonly occurring; widely accepted or practiced. |
| recur; recurrence* | *1. To come up again or to happen again. 2. To come to mind again. *The act of recurring. |
| spontaneous*; spontaneity | *1. Voluntary and unplanned. 2. Occurring or produced without human labor. **The quality or condition of occurring in an unplanned way. |
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