AP World History Important Terms #2 Flashcards
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260611738 | Preponderance | a superiority in numbers or amount | 1 | |
260611739 | Characterize | describe or portray the character or the qualities or peculiarities of | 2 | |
260611740 | Excavate | remove the inner part or the core of | 3 | |
260611741 | Decipher | read with difficulty | 4 | |
260611742 | Revolutionize | change radically | 5 | |
260611743 | Yield | give over | 6 | |
260611744 | Sophisticated | marked by wide-ranging knowledge and appreciation of many parts of the world arising from urban life and wide travel | 7 | |
260611745 | Epitomizes | acts as a typical example of | 8 | |
260611746 | Intermittently | in an intermittent manner | 9 | |
260611747 | Commodity | articles of commerce | 10 | |
260611748 | Modification | the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment) | 11 | |
260611749 | Punctuated | To stress or emphasize. | 12 | |
260611750 | Reverence | regard with feelings of respect and reverence | 13 | |
260611751 | Fostered | provided with parental care and nurture especially by a surrogate or surrogates | 14 | |
260611752 | Standardized | capable of replacing or changing places with something else | 15 | |
260611753 | Integrated | caused to combine or unite | 16 | |
260611754 | Sponsership | Someone helps pay for a product in return for air time | 17 | |
260611755 | Contemporary | belonging to the present time | 18 | |
260611756 | Facilitate | physiology: increase the likelihood of (a response) | 19 | |
260611757 | Precepts | rules establishing standards of conduct | 20 | |
260611758 | Prevalent | encountered generally especially at the present time | 21 | |
260611759 | Prominence | relative importance | 22 | |
260611760 | Subordinate | rank or order as less important or consider of less value | 23 | |
260611761 | Exploitation | an act that exploits or victimizes someone (treats them unfairly) | 24 | |
260611762 | Intermediaries | people or businesses that move products between producers and final users | 25 |