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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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Definition- the state or quality of being divine.
Sentence- Christs divinity |
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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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Definition: destroy utterly; obliterate.
Sentence: "a simple bomb of this type could annihilate them all" |
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Definition: distribute or spread over a wide area.
Sentence: storms can disperse seeds via high altitudes |
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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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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: 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: To a profound extent; extremely.
Sentence: A profoundly disturbing experience. |
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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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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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Definition: a written work dealing formally and systematically with a subject.
Sentence: a comprehensive treatise on electricity and magnetism
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Definition: a short amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person.
Sentence: told anecdotes about his job. |
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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: kept secret, especially because it would not be approved of.
Sentence: "they carried on a surreptitious affair"
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