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Isbell English 2 - Vocab 5
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15
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10th Grade
09/28/2022

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Initiation

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

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the state or quality of being divine.
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Insinuate

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

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destroy utterly; obliterate
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Dispersed

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distribute or spread over a wide area.
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Surname

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

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estrict 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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Insignificant

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too small or unimportant to be worth consideration.
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Profoundly

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to a profound extent; extremely.
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Deportee

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

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

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a written work dealing formally and systematically with a subject.
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Anecdote

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

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a feeling of pensive sadness, typically with no obvious cause
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Surreptitious

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