English Vocab 3

Anonymous

Of an unknown source or unrevealed name

Anthology

A collection of various writing, such as song, stories, or poems

Conjecture

A conclusion based on guesswork or insufficient evidence

Disposition

A person’s usual mood; temperament

Encompass

To enclose or encircle

Extricate

To free from a difficult or tangled situation

Generation

One step in the line of descent of a familt

Guile

Cunning or deceit in dealing with others; trickery

Imperative

Urgent; pressing

Instill

To introduce gradually in order to establish securely

Modify

To make less extreme or severe

Pivot

A small bar or rod on which something else turns

Prevalent

Commonly occuring; widely accepted

Recur

To come up again or to happen again

Spontaneous

Voluntary and unplanned