AP US history Vocab Flashcards

4781099698	Abolish	cancel; put an end to	0
4781100473	Absolutism	A form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)	1
4781100474	Abundance	a great or plentiful amount.	2
4781100475	Accelerated	made faster	3
4781101273	Accumulated	gather together or acquire an increasing number or quantity of.	4
4781102010	Ad hoc	for a specific purpose and no other; improvised In current American English it is used to describe something that has been formed or used for a special and immediate purpose, without previous planning.	5
4781102011	Adept	(adj.) thoroughly skilled; (n.) an expert	6
4781102012	Anarchy	(n) a lack of government and law; confusion	7
4781102013	Arbitrary	(adj.) unreasonable; based on one's wishes or whims without regard for reason or fairness	8
4781102821	Aristocrats	rich landowners	9
4781102822	Ascendancy	controlling influence	10
4781105716	Assertive	Acting with confidence and force; sure of one's self	11
4781105717	Atrocities	Cruel and inhumane acts that people commit against each other	12
4781105718	Autocratic	(adj.) absolute in power or authority taking no account of other people's wishes or opinions; domineering.	13
4781106270	Barbaric	uncivilized	14
4781106271	Beneficiaries	a person who derives advantage from something, especially a trust, will, or life insurance policy.	15
4781106272	Bureaucrats	government officials	16
4781106273	Byproduct	something left over; the remains or remnants of a manufacturing process	17
4781106279	Castigating	Scold harshly	18
4781106935	Catastrophe	a large-scale disaster, misfortune, or failure	19
4781106936	Circumvent	avoid	20
4781106937	Commodity	something useful that can be used for financial advantage; a product or service that is indistinguishable from the same thing from competing sellers	21
4781106938	Consolidation	solidification; strengthening:	22
4781107662	Covertible	able to be changed in form, function, or character.	23
4781108517	conviction	A fixed or strong belief	24
4781108518	culminated	To reach the highest point to come to a significant point such as the end of an event	25
4781108519	Cultivation	The preparation of land to grow and yield crops.	26
4781108520	Decimated	to destroy or kill a large part of	27
4781109118	Decree	(n.) an order having the force of law; (v.) to issue such an order; to command firmly or forcefully	28
4781109119	Deference	Respect	29
4781109120	Disenfranchised	People deprived of legal rights, especially the right to vote	30
4781110783	dislocations	disturbance from a proper, original, or usual place or state.	31
4781110784	Dispossession	The expulsion of someone from the possession of land by process of law.	32
4781110785	Dissenters	Protestants who differed with the Church of England	33
4781112619	Disunity	Disagreement and conflict within a group	34
4781113724	Emigrant	A person who leaves a country or region to live elsewhere.	35
4781114782	Endemic	Native	36
4781114783	Entitlement	(n) having the right to certain privileges; believing, sometimes without cause, that one deserves or has a right to certain privileges	37
4781115939	Entrenched	firmly established	38
4781119007	Epidemics	Occurrences of diseases in which many people in the same place at the same time are affected	39
4781119008	Epochal	very significant or influential; defining an epoch or time-period	40
4781119009	Erroneous	(adj.) incorrect, containing mistakes	41
4781119010	Exerting	apply or bring to bear (a force, influence, or quality)	42
4781119030	Explicitly	very clear; nothing hidden	43
4781119701	Expulsion	the process of driving or forcing out	44
4781119702	Feasibility	(n) the quality of being doable	45
4781119703	Feudailism	a medival political and economic system based on the relation from lords to vassals	46
4781119704	Flourished	to grow well, successful	47
4781119705	Heathenism	"religion" of those who don't believe in God and/or are uncivilized	48
4781119706	Heretics	those who hold to a belief opposed to the established teachings of a church	49
4781128789	Hierarchy	(n) a ranked series; a classification of people according to rank, ability, etc.; a ruling body	50
4781128790	Immunity	(n.) resistance to disease; freedom from some charge or obligation	51
4781128791	Imposing	impressive by virtue of size, power, or manner	52
4781128792	Incorporation	Making something part of a whole	53
4781129188	Indentured	A person who signs an agreement to work for a master for a period of years; not free until they completed their term of service.	54
4781131512	Inevitably	unavoidably	55
4781138903	Inhabitants	a person or animal that lives in or occupies a place	56
4781138904	Initiated	cause (a process or action) to begin.	57
4781138905	Invocations	the action of invoking something or someone for assistance or as an authority	58
4781138906	Isthmus	A narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas	59
4781139433	Magistrates	a civil officer or lay judge who administers the law, especially one who conducts a court that deals with minor offenses and holds preliminary hearings for more serious ones.	60
4781139434	Marshaled	arrange or assemble (a group of people, especially soldiers) in order.	61
4781139435	Matrilineal	relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the mother	62
4781139436	Miniscule	very small	63
4781139437	Monarchy	A government ruled by a king or queen	64
4781139947	Monopolized	(of an organization or group) obtain exclusive possession or control of (a trade, commodity, or service).	65
4781139948	Municipal	adj. relating to local government	66
4781139949	Nomads	people who wander from place to place	67
4781140430	Opted out	verb phrase: to decide to leave or withdraw	68
4781140431	Overshadowed	to make someone or something seem less important compared to someone or something else	69
4781140432	Papal	of or relating to a pope or to the papacy	70
4781140433	Patriarchal	male led society and household	71
4781140434	Persecution	mistreatment or punishment of a group of people because of their beliefs	72
4781140436	Piety	religious devotion	73
4781140771	Predominate	to be greatest in number or importance	74
4781146995	Preoccupation	a state in which you give all your attention to something	75
4781146996	Proliferated	to grow or increase rapidly	76
4781146997	Propagandists	a person who promotes or publicizes a particular organization or cause	77
4781148798	Reciprocal	shared, felt, or shown by both sides	78
4781148806	Reconciliation	Bringing together people who were opposed to each other	79
4781149260	Regime	a government, especially an authoritarian one.	80
4781149261	Revelation	a surprising and previously unknown fact, especially one that is made known in a dramatic way.	81
4781149262	Situated	fix or build (something) in a certain place or position.	82
4781149263	Stagnate	(v.) to become or remain inactive, not develop, not flow (With no room for advancement, the waiter's career stagnated.)	83
4781149264	Stimulated	encouraged to act; invigorated	84
4781149265	Subdue	to conquer and bring into subjection; to overpower by superior force; overcome; to bring under mental or emotional control, as by persuasion or intimidation; render submissive; to repress.	85
4781150002	Subordination	the act of placing in a lower rank or position:	86
4781150733	Surplus	A situation in which quantity supplied is greater than quantity demanded	87
4781152315	Textiles	cloth items	88
4781152316	Turmoil	disorder	89
4781152317	Tyranny	A form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)	90
4781152318	Undermined	damaged; attacked	91
4781152319	Underpinning	n. a system of supports beneath; a foundation or basis	92
4781152914	Unifcation	the process of being united or made into a whole.	93
4781152915	Uniformity	sameness; monotony	94
4781152916	Unparalleled	unequaled or unmatched	95
4781152917	Upheavals	Strong or violent change or disturbance.	96
4781155149	Viable	PRACTICABLE; CAPABLE OF DEVELOPING	97
4781155150	Zeal	(adj.) eager, earnest, devoted	98