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vocab 5
vocab5
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English
10th Grade
09/28/2022

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initiation
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the act of someone becoming a member of a group, often with a special ceremony
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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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disperse

 

 

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