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Wordly Wise 3000 Book 8 Unit 3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Anonymous | Of an unknown source or unrevealed name. |
| Anthology | A collection of various writings, such as songs, stories, or poems. |
| Conjecture | A conclusion based on guesswork or insufficient evidence. 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 | 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 | 1. A small bar or rod on which something else turns. 2. A person or thing on which others depend. To turn on or as if on a pivot. Vitally important; significant. |
| Prevalent | Commonly occurring; widely accepted or practiced. |
| Recur | 1. To come up again or to happen again. 2. To come to mind again. The act of recurring. |
| Spontaneous | 1. Voluntary and unplanned. 2. Occurring or produced without human labor. The quality or condition of occuring in an unplanned way. |