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Term | Definition |
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anonymous 1 | of an unknown source or unrevealed name |
anthology | a collection of various writing, such as songs, stories, or poems. |
conjecture 1 | a conclusion based on guesswork or insufficient evidence |
conjecture 2 | to form an opinion while lacking sufficient evidence |
dispostion 1 | a person's usual mood; temperament |
disposition 2 | a regular tendency or inclination |
encompass 1 | to enclose or encircle |
encompass 2 | to include |
extricate 1 | to free from a difficult or tangled situation |
generation | one step in the line of a descent of a family |
generation 2 | all the people born and living about the same time |
generation 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 |
imperative 2 | having the power or authority to command |
instill 1 | to introduce gradually in order to establish securely |
modify 1 | to make less extreme or severe |
modify 2 | to make changes in |
modify 3 | in grammar, to limit nor restrict the meaning |
piviot 1 | a small bar or rod on which something else turns |
pivot 2 | a person or thing on which others depend |
pivotal | vitally important; significant |
prevalent | commonly occurring: widely accepted or practiced |
recur | to come up again or to happen again |
recur 2 | to come into mind again |
recurrence | the act of recurring |
spontaneous | volentary and unplanned |
spontaneous 2 | occurring or produced without human labor |
spontaneity | the quality or conditon of occurring un an unplanned way |