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AP Euro Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Myopic | nearsighted |
| Raison d’etat | political reason for action on the part of a government |
| Ostentatious | vulgar or pretentious display |
| Autarky | economic independence or self-sufficiency |
| Martinet | a strict disciplinarian |
| Modicum | a small quantity of a particular thing |
| Yoke | a wooden bar or frame |
| Capricious | sudden or unpredictable changes of mood or mind |
| Mercurial | sudden or unpredictable changes of mood or mind |
| Indefatigable | persisting tirelessly |
| Timorous | suffering from nervousness; lack of confidence |
| Metaphysics | branch of philosophy that deals with the first principles of things |
| Deduce | arrive at by reasoning |
| Corporeal | consisting of material objects; tangible |
| Egalitarian | person supporting equality |
| Diaphanous | light, delicate, and translucent |
| Cynosure | a person or thing that is the center of attention or admiration |
| Coup d’état | a sudden, violent, and unlawful seizure of power |
| Impetuous | acting or done quickly and without thought or care |
| Perspicacity | the quality of having a ready insight into things |
| Penultimate | last but one in a series of things |
| Superfluous | unnecessary |
| Sanguinary | involving or causing much bloodshed |
| De Facto | of fact, or in effect, whether by right or not |
| Efficacy | the ability to produce a desired or intended result |
| Amnesty | an official pardon for a law breaker |
| Émigrés | a person who has left their own country in order to settle in another |
| Intrepid | fearless; adventurous |
| Hegemony | leadership or dominance |
| Abdicate | renounce one's throne |
| Undulate | move or go with a smooth up-and-down motion |