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AP Euro Vocab Test 2
Term | Definition |
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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 |