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Isbell English 2 Vocab 5
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English
10th Grade
09/29/2022

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Term

Initiation - the action of admitting someone into a secret or obscure society or group, typically with a ritual.

 

Sentence: They announced the initiation of a rural development programme. 

Definition

 

 Divinity - the state or quality of being divine

 

 

 

Sentence: It was a part of his duty as principal to read lectures on divinity.

Term

Insinuate- suggest or hint in an indirect and unpleasant way.

 

Sentence: He gradually insinuated himself into her life.

 

Definition

 Annihilate - destroy utterly & obliterate.

 

 

 

 

Sentence: He annihilated his opponent in the last election.

Term

Dispersed - distribute or spread over a wide area.

 

 

 

Sentence: The crowd had dispersed, so they turned toward the only hotel in town

Definition

Surname- a hereditary name common to all members of a family 

 

 

 

 

Sentence:  When our daughter got married, her man changed his surname to ours. 

Term

Encumbered

restrict or burden 

 

 

Sentence: She already burned her bridges behind her. 

Definition

Insignificant

too small or unimportant to be worth consideration

 

 

Sentence: They lost an insignificant amount of money. 

Term

Profoundly- 

to a profound extent; extremely.

 

 

Sentence: His position as a younger son profoundly influenced his future career. 

Definition

Deportee- 

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

 

 

Sentence: Many deportees say they have no choice but to get back.

Term

Emigration- 

the act of leaving one's own country to settle permanently in another. 

 

 

Sentence: The marquis fled abroad with his second son Louis at the time of the emigration of the nobles.

Definition

Treatise 

a written work dealing formally and systematically with a subject.

 

 

Sentence: He issued a technical scientific treatise. 

Term

Anecdote

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

 

 

Sentence: He told me some anecdote about another person 

Definition

 Melancholy 

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

 

 

Sentence: The general watched the process with an air of melancholy. 

Term

Surreptitious

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

 

 

Sentence: She completed the assignment in a surreptitious, secret manner. 

Definition
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