AP World History Vocabulary, Block Five Flashcards
Vocab block number 5 from IB-style AP World History! Vocabulary covers November 8 through November 18, sixteen words total.
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| 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 |