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5/13/14

APOSTATE

APOSTATE

<Ah-pa-stayte>

Defector; revolt; heretic;

Abandoning a connection to a party or faith.

He was an apostate and his defection is permanent.


He was an apostate from the bowling team and he never bowled again.

A - post - ate
Post (Reminds) Post or past
Ate (Reminds) Late



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Our late membership is post.
POST LATE





You find broccoli to be flocculent. You eat it anyway. A scent wafts from you. Why do I not leave the room?

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Answer: 

Flocculent means clumpy like wool. Broccoli is clumpy. The scent is probably perfume.










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