Agricultural & French Revolutions Vocabulary

Question 1

Egalitarianism

Answer 1

The principle that all people are equal and should receive equal rights

Question 2

Diaphanous

Answer 2

Light, delicate, translucent

Question 3

Cynosure

Answer 3

Person/thing that is the center of attention

Question 4

Coup d’Etat

Answer 4

A sudden, violent and illegal seizure of power from the government

Question 5

Impetuous

Answer 5

Acting without thought

Question 6

Perspicacity

Answer 6

Having insight or shrewdness

Question 7

Penultimate

Answer 7

Second to last

Question 8

Superfluous

Answer 8

Unnecessary, excessive

Question 9

Sanguinary

Answer 9

Involving or causing a lot of bloodshed

Question 10

De facto

Answer 10

In effect, whether or not by right

Question 11

Efficacy

Answer 11

The ability to produce a desired result

Question 12

Amnesty

Answer 12

An official pardon for someone convicted of political offenses

Question 13

Emigres

Answer 13

Someone who left their homeland to settle somewhere else, typically for political reasons

Question 14

Intrepid

Answer 14

Fearless, adventurous

Question 15

Hegemony

Answer 15

Leadership or dominance by one group

Question 16

Abdicate

Answer 16

To give up

Question 17

Undulate

Answer 17

To move up and down

Question 18

Indemnity

Answer 18

Security or protection against financial loss

Question 19

Reparations

Answer 19

War debts paid off by the loser

Question 20

Compensation

Answer 20

Money given to someone when they have been wronged

Question 21

Legitimacy

Answer 21

Conformity to the law or rules, to be able to defend with logic