AP World History Vocab #2 Flashcards

3351013435	Abdicate	To relinquish or give up ruling power	0
3351013436	Abrogate	To officially cancel, abolish, or revoke	1
3351013437	Agnostic	A person who believes it is impossible to know of God's existence or of anything beyond the physical universe	2
3351013438	Attrition	A gradual wearing down or reduction in the strength or numbers of an enemy through sustained attack or pressure; a reduction in the number of employees through retirement or resignation	3
3351013439	Ecclesiastical	Relating to a church or religious organization	4
3351013440	Hegemony	Dominant control, power, or influence	5
3351013441	Hubris	Arrogant conceit, confidence, and pride	6
3351013442	Iconoclast	One who seeks to disprove traditional or popular belief	7
3351013443	Latent	Something that exists such as a skill or wealth but is not yet recognized	8
3351013444	Machination	A clever plot or scheme	9
3351013445	Plausible	Credible, believable, having an appearance of truth	10
3351013446	Polarize	To separate into groups that have extremely opposing viewpoints	11
3351013447	Secular	Not related to religion or a church	12
3351013448	Sedition	An attempt to stir up or support revolution	13
3351013449	Specious	Deliberately misleading in appearance	14
3351013450	Tenable	Capable of being defended	15
3351013451	Tenuous	Weak, flimsy	16
3351013452	Viable	Capable of working or surviving successfully	17
3351013453	Virulent	Extremely harmful or deadly, full of malice	18
3351013454	Volatile	Likely to change rapidly and unpredictably with a possibility of explosive violence	19