7854487800 | hegemony | influence or dominance over | 0 | |
7854487801 | stratified | layered/leveled | 1 | |
7854487802 | ephemeral | comes and goes away quickly | 2 | |
7854487803 | sagacious | wise | 3 | |
7854487804 | apocryphal | May or may not be actually true (believable) | 4 | |
7854487805 | auspicious | indicating a favorable outcome (good start) | 5 | |
7854487806 | capricious | fickle, easily changed, random | 6 | |
7854487807 | laconic | disinclined to speak | 7 | |
7854487808 | ubiquity | seemingly everywhere | 8 | |
7854487809 | dichotomy | 2 opposites | 9 | |
7854487810 | epicurean | luxury | 10 | |
7854487811 | seraculture | production of silk | 11 | |
7854487812 | avarice | insatiable greed | 12 | |
7854487813 | jizya | tax that non Muslims pay | 13 | |
7854487814 | martyr | someone that does for their faith or cause | 14 | |
7854487815 | mercenary | military troops that fight for money not loyalty | 15 | |
7854487816 | nascent | Very beginning stage of | 16 | |
7854487817 | tributary | involves a lesser power paying money/respect to a higher power | 17 | |
7854487818 | egalitarian | a society in which everyone is equal | 18 | |
7854487819 | diaspora | spread of people from their native land (voluntary or involuntary) | 19 | |
7854487820 | ascetic | without luxury | 20 | |
7854487821 | byzantine | needlessly complicated | 21 | |
7918521735 | corpulent | really big | 22 | |
7918523878 | emporium | warehouse/shopping district | 23 | |
7918528140 | facilitate | to assist in the process of something | 24 | |
7918531863 | heretic | goes against the faith of majority | 25 | |
7918535720 | impetus | motivating factor/driving force | 26 | |
7918538762 | preclude | prevent from happening | 27 | |
7918542133 | xenophobic | irrational fear of foreigners | 28 | |
8428437407 | bellicose | belligerent/wanting to fight | 29 | |
8428443719 | consternation | frustration and confusion | 30 | |
8428446123 | magnanimous | kind hearted, generous | 31 | |
8428448770 | perfunctory | going through the motions/not genuine | 32 | |
8428453213 | precedent | decision/action that determines future decisions/actions | 33 | |
8428460862 | usurp | take a position that is not rightfully yours | 34 | |
8428464989 | they are the exception | mongols | 35 | |
8428480261 | patriarchal | describes a society where men are dominant to women | 36 | |
8428523340 | ziggurat | (in ancient Mesopotamia) a rectangular stepped tower sometimes surmounted by a temple | 37 | |
8473513132 | linguafranca | business language | 38 | |
8473514249 | latifundia | plantation in ancient Rome | 39 |
AP World History Vocab Flashcards
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