AP World History Vocabulary, Block Four Flashcards
10 vocabulary words accumulated since October 26; test November 5
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| 100863450 | venerable | (adj) commanding respect because of old age or dignity |  | 0 |
| 100863451 | wizened | (adj) dried up or withered |  | 1 |
| 100863452 | abtruse | (adj) something that is hard to understand because of its intellectual difficulty or its obscurity | 2 | |
| 100863453 | curmudgeon | (adj) a grouch or grump |  | 3 |
| 100863454 | misogynist | (n) women hater |  | 4 |
| 100863455 | innuendo | (n) subtle or indirect expression; suggets 1/2 truth that leads to rumor or gossip |  | 5 |
| 100863456 | ruse | (n) a crafty scheme |  | 6 |
| 100863457 | temporize | (v) to act evasively in order to gain time or to avoid an argument |  | 7 |
| 100863458 | ardor | (n) burning passior or fiery devotion; adjective form is ardent | 8 | |
| 100863459 | hegemony | (n) predominant influence of one nation over another | 9 |