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matriculate

muh-TRIK-yuh-leyt verb;

1.

To enroll in a college or university as a candidate for a degree.

2.

To register (a coat of arms), used esp. in Scottish heraldry.

Origin:
1480–90 for earlier sense; < ML mātrīculātus (person) listed (for some specific duty), equiv. to mātrīcul(a) list (see matriculant) + -ātus -ate¹

It doesn’t seem possible that it is nearly graduation time again. Unless of course you’re the one graduating then it probably feels as if this time of year would never arrive. For those about to matriculate, we salute you! For those who have successfully matriculated we congratulate you. And for those who matriculated long ago (or not so long ago) aren’t you glad you’re done?

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Grammar Punk Sentence: M A 4

Viewing her imminent term of matriculation with a nauseating combination of dread and zeal, Jacobia slung her backpack over her shoulder, straightened her blazer, and set off for culinary school; she’d show those naysayers who pooh-poohed her chocolate-marshmallow-yam layer cake!

Give it a try. Write a sentence with 4 words with the letters M and A and including the word matriculation.