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10th Grade
09/28/2022

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Treatise

 

Definition

Definition: A formal piece of writing, usually longer than an essay.

Sentences: I Asked Isbell a simple question about his son, but he gave me a ten minute treatise on baseball

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Initiation
Definition

Definition: The action of beginning something

Sentence: The choir group of Mr. Blanco had initiation singing the song

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Divinity
Definition

Definition: The state or quality of being divine

Sentence: The food I ate in Olive Garden was great, but the salad had some divinity on it.

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Insinuate
Definition

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

Sentence: Jose insinuate going to McDonald's tomorrow

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Annihilate
Definition

Definition: is to destroy something

Sentence: I annihilate my friends yesterday playing video games

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Dispersed
Definition

Definition: distribute or spread over a wide area

Sentence: We were playing UNO and one of our friends disperse seven cards for each one of the players

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Surname
Definition

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

Sentence: My cousins name is Alex because that is his dad's name 

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Encumbered
Definition

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

Sentence: Some kids wanted to watch a horror movie, but it was encumbered because they were too young to see it.

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Insignificant
Definition

Definition: too small or unimportant to be worth consideration.

Sentence: I told my teacher that he can do the attendance 10 minutes before the class ends, but my suggestion was insignificant for him.

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Profoundly
Definition

Definition: to a profound extent extremely.

Sentence: After I told my friend that the shoes cost 200$ he was thinking profoundly 

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Deportee
Definition

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

Sentence: I got deportee when I went to China.

 
 
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Emigration
Definition

Definition: is the act from moving to another country or place permanently

Sentence: The birds when winter season arrives they do emigration to the south of the country where is warmer 

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Anecdote
Definition

Definition: Is like a short story about a real incident or person

Sentence: My dad told me an anecdote about what happen to our country in the year 1960

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Melancholy
Definition

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

Sentence: When I was listening to the music that use to listen back in my country, melancholy feelings started making me feel sad

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Surreptitious 
Definition

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

Sentence: I told my old sibling a surreptitious secret, she is not allowed to tell anybody else

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