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Vocabulary 5
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English
11th Grade
09/29/2022

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Treatise

a formal piece of writing or speech, usually longer than an essay.

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Surname

 

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

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Intination

 

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

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Divinity

 

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

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Insinuate

 

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

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Annihilate

 

destroy utterly; obliterate

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Dispersed

 

distribute or spread over a wide area

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Encumbered

 

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

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Insignificant

 

too small or unimportant to be worth consideration

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Profoundly

 

to a profound extent; extremely.

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Deportee

 

a person who has been or is being expelled from a country

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Emigration

 

the act of leaving one's own country to settle permanently in another

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Anecdote

 

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

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Melancholy

 

a feeling of pensive sadness, typically with no obvious cause

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Surreptitious

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

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