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Adam and Rachel AP
vocab
21
English
Not Applicable
09/13/2005

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Antidisestablishmentarianism
Definition
People agaisnt people against establishments
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Incumbent
Definition
Currently holding a position
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Demagogue
Definition
Political agitator appealing to the most basic instincs of a mob
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Demulcent
Definition
Soothing
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Apostate
Definition
One who abandons their faith
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Proliferate
Definition
To grow or speed up rapidly
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Straticulate
Definition
Having thin layers
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Frazzle
Definition
To exhaust physically or emotionally
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Perambulate
Definition
To walk through
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Emasticate
Definition
To chew
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Savoirfaire
Definition
The ability to do the right or graceful thing
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Saunter
Definition
To stroll
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Epiglottis
Definition
The thin cartiliginous structure that folds over the glottis to keep food and liquid from the trachea
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Jape
Definition
To joke or quip
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Quip
Definition
A clever, witty, impromptu remark
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Quintile
Definition
The astrological aspect of planets distant from eachother by 72 degrees or one fifth of the zodiac
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Curmudgeon
Definition
An ill tempered person full of resentment and stubborn notions
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Ailurophobe
Definition
One who hates or fears cats
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Bissextile
Definition
Relating to the leap year
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Fulminant
Definition
Exploding or detonating
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Fulminant
Definition
Exploding or detonating
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