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Semester Vocabulary
World History Semester 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Script | An original or principal instrument or document; letters and figures written by hand |
| Hierarchy | Person or things arranged in ranks or classes; a governing body whose members are arranged in ordered ranks |
| Diffusion | The process or spread of a feature or trend from one place to another over time |
| Diversity | The condition of being different or having differences |
| Doctrine | A principle or position or the body of principles in a branch of knowledge or a system of belief |
| Enlightened | Freed from ignorance and misinformation; to have received knowledge spiritual insight |
| Legacy | Something transmitted by or received from an ancestor or predecessor or from the past |
| Proficient | Well advanced in an art, occupation, or branch of knowledge |
| Infrastructure | The system of public works of a country, state, or region; also the resources required for an activity |
| Tactician | One skilled in the science and art or skill of employing available means to accomplish an end |
| Transcribe | To make a written copy of; to represent by means of phonetic symbols |
| Zealot | A fanatic partisan; one of a fanatical sect of ancient Judea bitterly opposing the Roman domination of Palestine |
| Facilitate | To make more easily accomplished, handled, or attainable |
| Intrinsic | Belonging to the essential nature or constitution of a thing |
| Pertinent | Having a clear decisive relevance to the matter in hand, being to the point |
| Scrutinize | To examine very closely or critically |
| Rhetoric | Insincere or pompous language; skill in the effective use of speech |
| Dynamic | Marked by continuous activity or change |
| Parody | A literary or musical work is closely imitated for comic effect or in ridicule; a feeble or ridiculous imitation |
| Pragmatic | Relating to matters of fact or practical affairs often to the exclusion of intellectual or artistic matters: practical as opposed to idealistic |