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vocabulary 5
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English
10th Grade
09/28/2022

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Term

Initiation-noun

Definition

 Definition:the action of admitting someone into a secret or obscure society or group, typically with a ritual.

 

sentence: to get married at a church you need to do an initiation first.

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Divinity-noun

Definition

 

Definition: The state or quality of being divine. 
 
 
sentences:Christ's divinity
Term

Insinuate- Verb

Definition

Definition:suggest or hint (something bad or reprehensible) in an indirect and unpleasant way.

 

Sentence: he was insinuating that I had no self-control.
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Annihilate-verb

Definition

Definition:destroy utterly; obliterate.

 

sentence:a simple bomb of this type could annihilate them all.

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Dispersed-verb

Definition

Definition:distribute or spread over a wide area.

sentience: storms can disperse seeds via high altitudes.

 

 
 
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Surname-noun

Definition

definition:a hereditary name common to all members of a family, as distinct from a given name.

sentience: he changed his surname from Kaye to Kasmin.

 
 
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Encumbered-Verb

Definition

definition:restrict or burden (someone or something) in such a way that free action or movement is difficult.

sentience:she was encumbered by her heavy skirts

 

 
 
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Insignificant-adjective

Definition

definition:too small or unimportant to be worth consideration.

 

sentience:the amount required was insignificant compared with military spending.

 

 
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Profoundly-adverb

Definition

definition:to a profound extent; extremely.

 

sentience:a profoundly disturbing experience.

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Deportee-noun

Definition

definition:a person who has been or is being expelled from a country.

sentence:i got deportee from Canada

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Emigration-noun

Definition

definition:the act of leaving one's own country to settle permanently in another; moving abroad.

sentence:mass emigration from Ireland to the United States.

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Treatise-noun

Definition

definition:a written work dealing formally and systematically with a subject.

 

sentence:a comprehensive treatise on electricity and magnetism.

 
Term

Anecdote-noun

Definition

definition:a short amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person.

 

sentence:told anecdotes about his job.

 

 
Term

Melancholy-noun

Definition

definition:a feeling of pensive sadness, typically with no obvious cause.

 

sentence:an air of melancholy surrounded him.

 

 
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Surreptitious-adjective

Definition

definition: kept secret, especially because it would not be approved of.

 

sentence:they carried on a surreptitious affair.

 
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