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Vocab Quiz - AC
May vocab for AC
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English
6th Grade
05/10/2013

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antebellum
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before the war
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auspicious
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with signs of success/prosperous
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belie
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give a false idea of/misrepresent
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bellicose
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fond of fighting/quarreling
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churlish
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rude/surly
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deciduous
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shedding leaves annually
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enfranchise
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give rights to citizens, especially the right to vote
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epiphany
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a moment of enlightenment when the underlying truth is revealed
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equinox
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twice a year when the center of the sun crosses the celestial equator
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facetious
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said in fun/joking
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filibuster
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the deliberate hindering of the passage of a bill by long speeches meant to delay
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hemoglobin
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substance in the red corpuscles of blood in vertebrates that carries oxygen from the lungs to tissues and carries carbon dioxide from the tissues to the lunghs
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homogeneous
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of the same kind,nature, or character/similar
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impeach
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cast doubt on or call into question
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incognito
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a disguised condition
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infrastructure
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the essential underlying elements forming the basis of any system or structure
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loquacious
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fond of talking
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