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vocabulary 5
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English
10th Grade
09/29/2022

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Term
Treatise
Definition

Definition: A formal piece of writing or speech, usually longer than an essay.

 

Sentence:I asked Isbell a simple question about his son, but he gave me a ten minute treatise on baseball.

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Divinity
Definition

Definition:The state or quality of being a god or goddess 

 

sentence: she was divinity

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Insinuate 
Definition

definition: Suggest or hint in an indirect and unpleasant way.

 

sentence: Are you trying to insinuate i did such a thing.

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Annihilate 

Definition

Definition: Destroy utterly, obliterate 

 

Sentence: she wants her team to Annihilate the other team.

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Dispersed
Definition

Definition:the process of sending somebody/something in different directions the process of sending somebody/something in different directions

 

sentence: I want to dispersed that ball 

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Surname
Definition

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

 

sentence: she changed her last name back to her surname.

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Encumbered
Definition

Definition: weigh down, burden 

 

sentence: he has a big encumbered 

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Insignificant 
Definition

Definition: too small or unimportant to be worth consideration

 

Sentence: she thinks her homework is insignificant 

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Profoundly
Definition

Definition:to a profound extent; extremely.

 

sentence: that was profoundly disturbing.

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Emigration
Definition

Definition: its related to, but not exactly the same as immigration

 

Sentence:they believe she is an emigration

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Deportee 
Definition

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

 

sentence: he was a deportee

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Treatise
Definition

Definition:a formally concluded and ratified agreement between countries.

 

Sentence: uk was treatise between u.s

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Anecdote
Definition

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

 

sentence: she told anecdote story.

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Melancholy
Definition

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

 

Sentence:she is melancholy.

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Surreptitious
Definition

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

 

Sentence: she kept a surreptitious

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