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10th Grade
09/29/2022

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Term

 Initiation(noun)

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Definition
Definition: the action of admitting someone into a secret or obscure society or group, typically with a ritual.
"rituals of initiation" 
 
 
 
Sentence: The initiation consists of three stages.
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Divinity(noun)

 

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Definition

Definition- the state or quality of being divine.

 

Sentence-  Christs divinity

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Insinuate(Verb)

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Definition

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

 

Sentence: he was insinuating that I had no self-control

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Annihilate(Verb)

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Definition

Definition: destroy utterly; obliterate.

 

Sentence: "a simple bomb of this type could annihilate them all"

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Dispersed(verb)

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Definition: distribute or spread over a wide area.

 

Sentence: storms can disperse seeds via high altitudes

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Surname(noun)

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Definition

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

 

Sentence: "he changed his surname from Kaye to Kasmin"

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Encumbered(Verb)

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

 

Sentence: she was encumbered by her heavy skirts

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Insignificant- (adjective)

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Definition

Definition: too small or unimportant to be worth consideration.

 

Sentence: "the amount required was insignificant compared with military spending"

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Profoundly(adverb)

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Definition

Definition: To a profound extent; extremely.

 

Sentence: A profoundly disturbing experience.

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Deportee(noun)

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Definition

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

 

 

Sentence: He'd already decided to write a book about the deportees if he could find their names

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Emigration(Noun)

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Definition

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

 

Sentence: mass emigration from Ireland to the United States.
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Treatise(noun)

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Definition

Definition: a written work dealing formally and systematically with a subject.

 

Sentence: a comprehensive treatise on electricity and magnetism

 
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Anecdote(noun)

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Definition

Definition: a short amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person.

 

Sentence: told anecdotes about his job.

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Melancholy(Noun)

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Definition

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

 

Sentence: "an air of melancholy surrounded him"

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 Surreptitious(adjective)

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Definition

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

 

Sentence: "they carried on a surreptitious affair"

 

 
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