| Term | Definition |
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anonymous |
of an unknown source or unrevealed name |
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anthology |
a collection of various writings, such as songs, stories, or poems |
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conjecture |
a conclusion based on guesswork or insufficient evidence, to form an opinion while lacking sufficient evidence |
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disposition |
a persons usual mood, temperament, a regular tendency or inclination |
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encompass |
to enclose or encircle, to include |
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extricate |
to free from a difficult or tangled situation |
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generation |
one step in the line of descent of a family, all the people born and living about the same time, the average span of time between the birth of parents and their children |
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guile |
cunning or deceit in dealing with others, trickery |
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imperative |
urgent, pressing, having the power or authority to command |
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instill |
to introduce gradually in order to establish securely |
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modify |
to make less extreme or severe, to make changes in, in grammar, to limit or restrict in meaning |
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pivot |
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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pivotal |
vitally important, significant |
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prevalent |
commonly occuring, widely accepted or practiced |
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recur |
to come up again or to happen again, to come to mind again. |
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spontaneous |
voluntary and unplanned. occuring or produced without human labor. |