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optative mood

optative mood

noun
a mood (as in Greek or Sanskrit) that expresses a wish or hope; expressed in English by modal verbs 
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Optative mood is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
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