Vocabulary 3

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To modify a law is to

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make it less severe.

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A pivot is someone

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on whom others depend.

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A generation is the average length of time between

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the birth of parents and their children.

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The baby boom generation is

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a large group of people born after World War II ended.

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The Hurleys want to instill good values in their son. This means that they want

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to teach good values to their son little by little.

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The same idea recurred to Dan several times this week.

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the same idea kept coming into Dan’s mind.

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Three generations at the Arroyo family reunion means:

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children, parents, and grandparents were there.

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Which of these has a pivot? a swivel chair, a granite boulder, a spoon, a mountain lion

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a swivel chair

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In the sentence "A white cat jumped nimbly onto the garage roof," which word modifies the word jumped?

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nimbly

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What describes spontaneous combustion?

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In a deserted garage, a pile of oily rags bursts into flames.