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AP Euro Vocab Test 2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Myopic | short sighted |
| Raison d’etat | reason of state |
| Ostentatious | too much (showing off) |
| Autarky | Economic self-sufficient |
| Martinet | follow rules blindlessly |
| Modicum | small amount of something |
| Yoke | something that holds you down |
| Capricious | sudden change in behavior/mood |
| Mercurial | quick and sudden change |
| Indefatigable | to always have energy |
| Timorous | showing or suffering from nervousness, fear, or a lack of confidence |
| Metaphysics | the philosophical study of reality |
| Deduce | arrive at a fact or truth based upon reasoning |
| Corporeal | relating to a person's body |
| Egalitarian | relating to or believing in the principle that all people are equal rights and opportunities |
| Diaphanous | light, delicate, and translucent |
| Cynosure | person or thing that is the center of attention or admiration |
| Coup d’etat | sudden, violent, and illegal seizure of power from a government |
| Impetuous | acting without thought |
| Perspicacity | having insight, shrewdness |
| Penultimate | last but one in a series of things; second to last |
| Superfluous | unnecessary, especially through being more than enough |
| Sanguinary | involving or causing much blood shed |
| De facto | in effect, whether by right or not |
| Efficacy | ability to produce the intended result |
| Amnesty | an official pardon for people who have been convicted of political offenses |
| Émigrés | a person who has left their own country in order to settle in another, typically for political reasons |
| Intrepid | fearless, adventurous |
| Hegemony | leadership or dominance especially by one country or social group |
| Abdicate | to give up, specifically a crown or title |
| Undulate | move up and down |