AP World History Important Terms #2 Flashcards
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260610929 | Preponderance | a superiority in numbers or amount | 0 | |
260610930 | Characterize | describe or portray the character or the qualities or peculiarities of | 1 | |
260610931 | Excavate | remove the inner part or the core of | 2 | |
260610932 | Decipher | read with difficulty | 3 | |
260610933 | Revolutionize | change radically | 4 | |
260610934 | Yield | give over | 5 | |
260610935 | Sophisticated | marked by wide-ranging knowledge and appreciation of many parts of the world arising from urban life and wide travel | 6 | |
260610936 | Epitomizes | acts as a typical example of | 7 | |
260610937 | Intermittently | in an intermittent manner | 8 | |
260610938 | Commodity | articles of commerce | 9 | |
260610939 | Modification | the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment) | 10 | |
260610940 | Punctuated | To stress or emphasize. | 11 | |
260610941 | Reverence | regard with feelings of respect and reverence | 12 | |
260610942 | Fostered | provided with parental care and nurture especially by a surrogate or surrogates | 13 | |
260610943 | Standardized | capable of replacing or changing places with something else | 14 | |
260610944 | Integrated | caused to combine or unite | 15 | |
260610945 | Sponsership | Someone helps pay for a product in return for air time | 16 | |
260610946 | Contemporary | belonging to the present time | 17 | |
260610947 | Facilitate | physiology: increase the likelihood of (a response) | 18 | |
260610948 | Precepts | rules establishing standards of conduct | 19 | |
260610949 | Prevalent | encountered generally especially at the present time | 20 | |
260610950 | Prominence | relative importance | 21 | |
260610951 | Subordinate | rank or order as less important or consider of less value | 22 | |
260610952 | Exploitation | an act that exploits or victimizes someone (treats them unfairly) | 23 | |
260610953 | Intermediaries | people or businesses that move products between producers and final users | 24 |