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AP QUARTER 2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Undulate | Move up and Down |
| Abdicate | Give up power |
| Hegemony | To control someone |
| Intrepid | Fearless |
| Emigres | Leave country for political reasons |
| Amnesty | being allowed back in to the country by the government |
| Efficacy | efficentness |
| De facto | from the fact |
| Sanguinary | Bloody |
| Superfluous | unnecessary |
| Penultimate | second to last |
| Perspicacity | Having a Deeper insight on things |
| Impetuous | To make a decision without thinking |
| Coup d'Etat | To overthrow quickly |
| Cynosure | Center of attention |
| Diaphanous | delicate or light |
| Egalitarian | Equal |
| Corporeal | Relating to human body |
| Deduce | Arrive at truth based of logic and reason |
| Metaphysics | study of reality |
| Timorous | Showing fear |
| Indefatigable | Never Tired |
| Mercurial | Quick and sudden change in emotion |
| Capricious | Severe change in mood |
| Yoke | Something that holds you down |
| Modicum | Small amount |
| Martinet | Following rules blindly |
| Autarky | Economic Self-Sufficiency |
| Ostentatious | Showing off to much |
| Raison d'etat | Reason of state |
| Myopic | Short sighted |