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[image]Definition:formal piece of writing or speech,usually longer than an essay
Sentence:I asked Isbell a simple question about his son,but he gave me a ten minute treatise about baseball |
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[image]Definition:the state or quality of being divine.
Sentence:It was a part of his duty as principal to read lectures on divinity.
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Definition:the action of admitting someone into a secret or obscure society or group, typically with a ritual.
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Sentence:He has great initiative when it comes to getting things done. |
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[image]Definition:suggest or hint (something bad or reprehensible) in an indirect and unpleasant way.
Sentence: We have heard that insinuation from him before.
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Definition:complete destruction or obliteration.
Sentence:I will annihilate you and everyone you love!
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Definition:distribute or spread over a wide area.
Sentence:Police sprayed chemicals to disperse the crowd, and two officers were injured. |
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Definition:a hereditary name common to all members of a family,as distinct from a given name.
Sentence:He changed his surname from tom to Brent |
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Definition:restrict or burden (someone or something) in such a way that free action or movement is difficult.
Sentence:The man was encumbered with taxes and bills. |
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Definition:too small or unimportant to be worth consideration.
Sentence:we might think we´re insignificant but were not. |
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Definition:to a profound extent; extremely.
Sentence:he profoundly altered the whole course of my life |
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Definition:a person who has been or is being expelled from a country.
Sentence:people who arent from this place are depotees |
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Definition:the act of leaving one's own country to settle permanently in another; moving abroad.
Sentence:many people emigrate to stay away from danger |
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Definition:a short amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person.
Sentence:He was telling a long anecdote and it was boring too |
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Definition:a feeling of pensive sadness, typically with no obvious cause.
Sentence some students sometimes feel melancholy |
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Definition:kept secret, especially because it would not be approved of.
Sentence:they carried on a surreptitious affair |
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