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lesson 3 WW
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| anonymous | of an unknown source or unrevealed name |
| anthology | a collection of varous 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 encirle OR to include |
| extricate | to free from a difficult or tangled situation |
| generation | one step in the line of a descent fo a family or all the people born and living about the same time |
| guile | deceit in dealing with others; trickery |
| imperative | urgent, pressing OR having the power or authority to command |
| instill | to introduce gradually in order to establish securely |
| modify | to make less extreme or severe OR to amke changes in |
| pivot | a small bar or rod on which something else turns OR to turn on or as if on a pivot |
| prevalent | commonly occurring; widely accepted or practices |
| recure | to come up again and again OR to come to mind again |
| spontaneous | voluntary and unplanned OR occurring pr produced without human labor |