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Vocabulary 26
English AP Blake Vocab
| Definition | Term |
|---|---|
| A policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force | Imperialism |
| Lying flat, lying face down | Prostrate |
| Acting like a tyrant | Despotic |
| The driver and keeper of an elephant | Mahout |
| Swampy, muddy | Miry |
| One that practices magic arts; performs feats of sleight of hand and illusion (magician, juggler) | Conjurer |
| Pointlessness or uselessness | Futility |
| Term used in India to address a European man | Sahib |
| The act of verbally abusing or harshly criticizing | Vilification |
| To prove wrong | Refute |
| Showing little regard, scornful | Dismissive |
| To transport; to transmit; to communicate, make known; to transfer ownership or title to | Convey |
| Something that brings about a change in something else | Catalyst |
| Incapable of being expressed or described | Ineffable |
| To replace by force, to take the place of | Supplant |
| A careful examination, review | Perusal |
| Extreme mental and physical sluggishness | Torpor |
| Person who complies with accepted ruled and customs | Conformist |
| A comparison that establishes a figurative identity between objects being compared | Metaphor |
| Accepting one's fate, unresisting, patiently submissive | Resigned |
| Determined, bold, firm | Resolute |
| Unstable, insecure, dangerous | Precarious |
| Frank, sincere, impartial, unposed | Candid |
| Something that comes before, especially something that also announces or suggests something on its way | Precursor |
| To end resistance, give up, surrender | Capitulate |