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AP Euro Vocab
Term | Definition |
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Myopic | nearsighted |
Raison d’etat | political reason for action on the part of a government |
Ostentatious | vulgar or pretentious display |
Autarky | economic independence or self-sufficiency |
Martinet | a strict disciplinarian |
Modicum | a small quantity of a particular thing |
Yoke | a wooden bar or frame |
Capricious | sudden or unpredictable changes of mood or mind |
Mercurial | sudden or unpredictable changes of mood or mind |
Indefatigable | persisting tirelessly |
Timorous | suffering from nervousness; lack of confidence |
Metaphysics | branch of philosophy that deals with the first principles of things |
Deduce | arrive at by reasoning |
Corporeal | consisting of material objects; tangible |
Egalitarian | person supporting equality |
Diaphanous | light, delicate, and translucent |
Cynosure | a person or thing that is the center of attention or admiration |
Coup d’état | a sudden, violent, and unlawful seizure of power |
Impetuous | acting or done quickly and without thought or care |
Perspicacity | the quality of having a ready insight into things |
Penultimate | last but one in a series of things |
Superfluous | unnecessary |
Sanguinary | involving or causing much bloodshed |
De Facto | of fact, or in effect, whether by right or not |
Efficacy | the ability to produce a desired or intended result |
Amnesty | an official pardon for a law breaker |
Émigrés | a person who has left their own country in order to settle in another |
Intrepid | fearless; adventurous |
Hegemony | leadership or dominance |
Abdicate | renounce one's throne |
Undulate | move or go with a smooth up-and-down motion |