Vocab block number 5 from IB-style AP World History! Vocabulary covers November 8 through November 18, sixteen words total.
105552921 | replicate | (v) to duplicate or reproduce; comes from Latin for "to fold back" | 0 | |
105552922 | perennial | (adj) lasting an indefinitely long time, appearing again and again; from Latin for "throughout the year" | 1 | |
105552923 | defiled | (v) to corrupt or take away the purity of something; from Middle English for "to trample on, abuse, or pollute" | 2 | |
105552924 | unadulterated | (adj) not diluted with irrelevant or unnecessary material | 3 | |
105552925 | apostate | (n) someone who has abandoned either his religious faith or political party or cause, turncoat; from Greek for "to revolt" | 4 | |
105552926 | ecumenical | (adj) universal or of worldwide scope; more specific religious meaning is "promoting unity among churches or religions" | 5 | |
105552927 | otiose | (adj) a condition of idleness; a person or thing that is ineffective | 6 | |
105552928 | clandestine | (adj) something done secretly to conceal a private plan | 7 | |
105552929 | misanthrope | (adj) one who hates or mistrusts mankind | 8 | |
105552930 | fawn | (v) to display affection as a tradeoff for favor | 9 | |
105552931 | pontificate | (v) to speak in an overauthoritative manner; only a pontiff deserves to talk in such a manner | 10 | |
105552932 | enervated | (adj) a sense of weakened vitality, loss of energy | 11 | |
105552933 | antiquated | (adj) very old or simply too old to be fashionable; obsolete | 12 | |
105552934 | quagmire | (n) a difficult predicament | 13 | |
105552935 | propitious | (adj) presenting favorable circumstances or a positive outcome | 14 | |
105552936 | archaic | (adj) something very ancient, out of use altogether | 15 |