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10th Grade
09/29/2022

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Term

Treatise 

 

Definition

definition: A formal piece of writing or speech, usually longer than a essay

 

sentence:I asked Isbell a simple question about his son, but gave me a ten minute treatise on baseball. 

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Initiation
Definition

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

 

 

Sentence:My mom warned us about the towns initiation

 
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Divinity
Definition

Definition:the study of religion; theology.

 

 

 

Sentence: He went to university of divinity

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Insinuate
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 
Definition

Definition:destroy utterly; obliterate.

 

Sentence: a simple bomb of this type could annihilate them all

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Dispersed

Definition

Definition:distribute or spread over a wide area

 

Sentence: storms can disperse seeds via high altitudes

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Surname

Definition

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

 

Sentence:he changed his surname from Kaye to Kasmin

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Encumbered
Definition

Definition: restrict or burden

 

 

 

Sentence: she was encumbered by her heavy skirt

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Insignificant
Definition

Definition:too small or unimportant to be worth consideration

 

Sentence: the amount required was insignificant compared with military spending

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Profoundly
Definition

Definition:to a profound extent; extremely.

 

Sentence: a profoundly disturbing experience

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Deportee
Definition

Definition:

  1. a person who has been or is being expelled from a country.
     
Sentence: People with invalid papers are deported to another country
 
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Emigration
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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Anecdote 
Definition

Denfinition:a short amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person

 

Sentence:told anecdotes about his job

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Melancholy
Definition

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

 

Sentence:an air of melancholy surrounded him

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Surreptitious
Definition

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

 

Sentence:they carried on a surreptitious affair

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