AP World History Important Terms 2 Flashcards

261805424	Preponderance	superiority in power or influence	0
261805425	Characterize	describe or portray the character or the qualities or peculiarities of	1
261805426	Excavate	form by hollowing	2
261805427	Decipher	decode	3
261805428	Revolutionize	change radically	4
261805429	Yield	production of a certain amount being cultivated	5
261805430	Sophisticate	one well-traveled and knowledgeable about culture, etiquette, and/or fashion	6
261805431	Epitomize	embody the essential characteristics of or be a typical example of	7
261805432	Intermittently	periodically, time to time at intervals	8
261805433	Commodity	a good or service whose wide availability typically leads to smaller profit margins and diminishes the importance of factors (as brand name) other than price	9
261805434	Modification	the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)	10
261805435	Punctuate	interrupt periodically	11
261805436	Reverence	regard with feelings of respect and reverence	12
261805437	Fostered	encouraged or promoted in growth or development	13
261805438	Standardize	cause to conform to standard or norm	14
261805439	Integrated	formed into a whole or introduced into another entity	15
261805440	Sponsorship	a public relations strategy in which a company spends money to support an issue, cause, or event that is consistent with corporate objectives, such as improving brand awareness or enhancing corporate image	16
261805441	Contemporary	belonging to the present time	17
261805442	Precepts	rules establishing standards of conduct	18
261805443	Facilitate	physiology: increase the likelihood of (a response)	19
261805444	Intermediaries	people or businesses that move products between producers and final users	20
261805445	Prevalent	encountered generally especially at the present time	21
261805446	Prominence	something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from a form	22
261805447	Subordinate	rank or order as less important or consider of less value	23
261805448	exploitation	the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful	24