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| the action of admitting someone into a secret or obscure society or group, typically with a ritual. "rituals of initiation" |
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| the state or quality of being divine |
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| suggest or hint (something bad or reprehensible) in an indirect and unpleasant way. "he was insinuating that I had no self-control" |
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| destroy utterly; obliterate. "a simple bomb of this type could annihilate them all" |
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| distribute or spread over a wide area. "storms can disperse seeds via high altitudes" |
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a hereditary name common to all members of a family, as distinct from a given name.
"he changed his surname from Kaye to Kasmin" |
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restrict or burden (someone or something) in such a way that free action or movement is difficult.
"she was encumbered by her heavy skirts" |
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too small or unimportant to be worth consideration.
"the amount required was insignificant compared with military spending" |
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to a profound extent; extremely.
"a profoundly disturbing experience" |
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| a person who has been or is being expelled from a country. |
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| the act of leaving one's own country to settle permanently in another; moving abroad. |
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| a written work dealing formally and systematically with a subject. |
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| a short amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person. |
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a feeling of pensive sadness, typically with no obvious cause.
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| kept secret, especially because it would not be approved of. |
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