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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |