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10th Grade
09/29/2022

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INITIATION
Definition

The action of beginning something 

 

 

She took the initiation to start the class debate

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DIVINITY
Definition

The state or quality of being divine

 

They live in riches and divinity.

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INSINUATE 
Definition

To suggest or hint in a indirect way and unpleasant way.

 

Are you insinuating that i cheated on the test because i got a 100?!?!?!?!

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ANNIHILATE

Definition

Annihilate:destroy utterly; obiterate

 

 

They annihilated the bomb on camp grounds.

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DISPERSED

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Dispersed: distribute or spread over a wide area 

 

They dispersed the water over the fire.

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SURNAME
Definition

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

 

 

Bernard has the family surname.

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ENCUMBERED 

Definition

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

 

 

She felt encumbered at soccer practice. 

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INSIGNIFICANT 

Definition

Insignificant: too small or unimportant to be worth consideration.

 

 

She feels like shes insignificant to her dad.

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PROFOUNDLY

Definition

Profoundly: to a profound extent; extremely.

 

 

She took a deep profound inhale.

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DEPORTEE

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Deportee: 

  1. a person who has been or is being expelled from a country.
     
     
     
     
    My dad was a deportee.
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EMIGRATION 

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

 

They emigrated to the U.S..

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TREATISE 

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Treatise: a written work dealing formally and systematically with a subject

 

 

 

He wrote a treatise about mental health.

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ANECDOTE

Definition

Anecdote: a short amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person

 

 

Bobs anecdote about his fight made us laugh

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MELANCHOLY

Definition

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

 

She was in a state of melancholy. 

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SUPERSTITIOUS 

Definition

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

 

 

She felt superstitious about the new manager at work.

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