All APUSH Vocab Flashcards
Beleaguered
Beset with difficulties
Entrepreneurs
An individual who organizes and operates their own business
Aristocratic
A form of government in which the power is in the hands of a small and privileged class
Vagrancy
The state of being homeless
Debacle
Sudden or extreme failure
Avarice
Extreme greed for wealth and money
Vice
Behavior that is considered immoral or degrading
Husbandry
The cultivation of crops and raising of livestock
Demographics
The statistical plot and information of a population
Misogynistic
The hatred of women
Dispersed
To scatter or spread out
Mortality rate
The death rate of in a population
Benign
Having a kindly disposition, seemingly harmless
Latent
Present but not visible, existing potential
Catalyst
A person or thing that precipitates a change
Conspicuously
Easily seen or noticed
Orthodoxy
The authorized or given belief
Enumerated
Mentioned separately or listed in order
Unicameral
Consisting of a single chamber, as of legislature
Habeas Corpus
A writ requiring a person to be brought before a judge or court (to avoid unfair imprisonment)
Dissident
Someone who disagrees
Proprietorship
A person who has an exclusive right or titles to something, ownership rights (property)
Homogeneous
Composed of parts or elements that all are of the same kind
Embedded
Fixed or retained into something
Incurred
To come into or acquire
Proxy
A written authorization empowering another person to vote, represent, or act for the signer
Wary
Feeling or showing caution about possible danger or problems
Arable
Suitable for growing crops
Dispelled
To make a doubt, feeling, or belief disappear
Heterogeneous
Diverse in character or content
Squatters
A person who unlawfully occupies an uninhabited building or unused land
Precarious
Exposed to or involving danger, uncontrollable
Encroach
To trespass the domain, property, or rights of another person
Emulate
To rival with some degree of success
Augment
To make larger
Aggregate
Formed by the conjunction or collection or particulars into a whole
Solvent
Able to pay one’s debts
Itinerant
A person who travels from place to place
Burgeoning
Being to grow or increase rapidly, flourish
Demerit
A mark awarded against someone for a fault or offense
Autocratic
Pertaining to the form of government in which a small group of people hold all of the power
Chicanery
Trickery or deception
Repel
To drive or force back
Indolent
Having or showing disposition to avoid exertion, lazy or sluggish
Accede
Assent or agree to a demand, request, or treaty
Rhetoric
The art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing
Terrain
A stretch of land, with regard to its physical features
Cessation
The fact or process of ending or being brought to an end
Predatory
Relating to or denoting an animal or person seeking to exploit others
Vigilantes
Self appointed group that undertakes law enforcement without legal authority
Conciliatory
Intended or likely to pacify
(burned in) Effigy
A representation or a person that is usually burned or hanged to make an example of someone or something
Rescind
To revoke, cancel, or repeal
Ideologue
Someone who is uncompromising and dogmatic
Intrepid
Fearless, adventurous
Mercenaries
Professional soldiers hired to serve in a foreign army
Poignant
Evoking a strong emotional response
Untenable
Unable to maintain or defend from attack
Clandestine
Secret, done secretly
Guerilla
A member or an irregular military force that fights a stronger regular force
Partisan
A supporter of a party, cause, or person
Licentiousness
Lacking moral discipline or legal restraint
Anarchy
A state or society without government or law
Pacify
To bring or restore to a state or peace
Recede
To go or move away, retreat
Unmolested
To have not been bothered or annoyed, left in peace
Enamored
To charm or captivate
Debilitate
To make weak or feeble
Depreciate
To reduce the purchasing value of
Belittle
To regard or portray as less impressive or important than the appearance indicated
Evocative
Bringing strong images, memories, and feelings to mind
Ferreted
To search tenaciously for and find something
Ferment
To incite or stir up (trouble or disorder)
Imperious
Assuming power or authority without justification
Viable
Capable of living, growing, or developing
Inherent
Existing as a permanent, essential, or characteristic
Vociferous
Expressing opinions in a very loud and forceful way
Fiscal
Of or pertaining to the public treasuries or revenue
Sovereignty
Being able to govern one’s self
Quorum
The smallest number of people who must be present at a meeting in order for a decision to be made
Buoyant
Capable of maintaining a satisfactory level, happy or cheerful
Mired
To become involved with difficulties
Insurgents
A person who rises in forcible opposition to lawful authority, rebel
Impasse
A situation in which no progress is possible
Harbinger
A person or thing that announces or signals the approach of another
Recalcitrant
Having an uncooperative attitude toward authority
Mollify
To soften in feeling or temper, pacify or appease
Dismember
To separate into smaller parts
Urbanity
Refinement and elegance of manner
Arduous
Involving or requiring strenuous effort, difficult or hard to do
Despotism
Ruling with no concern for the people you rule
Posterity
Descendants, future generations
Agrarian
Of or relating to the cultivation of land
Intrusive
Causing disruption or annoyance through being unwelcome
Crass
Rude, beneath one’s dignity
Dialect
The art of investigating or discussing the truth of opinions
Patronage
Tje power to male appointments to government jobs (especially for political advantage
Bureaucracy
The body of officials and administrators in a government department
Abstruse
Difficult to understand
Belligerents
A nation or persons engaged in war
Insolence
Rude and disrespectful behavior
Faction
A group within a larger organization, company, or government
Voracious
Very eager or avid
Vilify
To write or speak ill of
Innocuous
Not harmful or offensive
Disseminate
To spread out or disperse
Nullify
To render or declare legally void or null
Logjam
A situation that seems irresolvable
Perpetuate
To continue or endure forever, everlasting
Precedent
An earlier event or action that sets an example for others
Succession
The order of leadership
Municipal
Of or relating to a city or town and its governing body
Tactical
Small-scale actions serving a larger purpose
Autonomy
Self-government
Disparaging
To belittle or bring reproach upon
Incite
To stir up or encourage (violent or unlawful behavior)
Prescribed
To forbid or make something illegal
Repugnant
Extremely distasteful
Subterfuge
Deceit used in order to achieve ones goals
Audacious
Showing willingness to take bold risks
Egalitarian
Believing in the principle that all people are equal
Maritime
Connected with the sea or other bodies of water
Dissension
Disagreement that leads to a discord of opinions
Imprudent
Not showing care for the consequences of an action
Extortion
The practice of obtaining something
Repudiate
To reject as having no authority or binding force
Vacillate
To waver in mind or opinion, indecisive
Repellent
Causing disgust or distate
Embargo
An official ban on trade or other commercial activities with another country
Reapportionment
The redistribution of representation in a legislature
Perfunctory
Done routinely with little interest or care
Berate
Scold or criticize angrily
Flora & Fauna
Plants and animals of a particular region
Odious
Highly offensive
Sycophant
A self-seeking flatterer
Pragmatism
Having a practical approach to problems and affairs
Disingenuous
Not candid or sincere, typically by pretending that one knows less about something than they really do. Not truthful
Sedition
The crime or saying or writing something that encourages people to rebel against their government
Enfranchised
Giving the right to vote to
Ascendance
The act of rising or moving up
Insurrection
A violent uprising against an authority or government
Bonanza
A source or great and sudden wealth or luck
Eradicate
Destroy completely
Tacitly
Implied but not expressed
Lurid
Causing horror or revulsion
Fledgling
Someone who is inexperienced
Contested
To make something the subject of an argument, saying you don’t agree with something
Malefactor
Someone who commits a crime or other wrong doing
Adroit
Having or showing skill, cleverness, of resourcefulness in certain situations
Dire
Urgent, desperate
Graft
Gain through questionable ways
Waned
To decrease in power or extent, weaken
Referendum
A public vote on a particular issues
Extolled
To praise enthusiastically
Sublime
Of such excellence that it inspires awe
Routed
To defeat and cause retreat in disorder
Conscription
The practice of obtaining people by law to serve in the armed forces
Procuring
To obtain or get by care, effort, or the use of special means
Locus
The main point or focus
Fervid
Intensely enthusiastic or passionate
Indissoluble
Incapable of being broken or undone
Stymied
To hinder, block, or thwart
Tenuous
Flimsy or weak
Immune
Protect or except from the effects of something
Emissary
A person who is sent on a mission to represent another person or organization
Lame-Duck
An official whose time in an office or position will end soon
Disaffection
Being dissatisfied
Acquiesce
To accept reluctantly without protest
Tenure
The amount of time that a person holds a job or office position
Infringe
To trespass or violate
Ostentatious
Meant to attract attention , usually by displaying one’s wealth
Bawdy
Humorously indecent talk or writing
Charlatan
A person who pretends to know something in order to deceive people
Affable
Friendly, easy to approach
Contracted
To reduce or lessen the supply of
Buffeted
To drive, force, move, or attack by or as if by repeated blows
Transients
People who stay at a work place for a short period of time
Meted
Given out by measure, to allot
Appropriations
Authorization of money to be used for a specific purpose
Reciprocity
The practice of exchanging things with others for mutual benefit
Prototype
An original model of something in which others are formed
Pernicious
Having a harmful effect that usually happens gradually
Pluralistic
A state of society in which members of diverse ethnic, racial, religious, or social groups maintain and develop their traditional culture or special interest within the confines of a common civilization
Destitution
Poverty so extreme that one lacks the means to provide for themselves
Prodigious
Amazing or wonderful, impressive
Degeneracy
Having low moral standards, not honest or good
Espoused
To make something one’s own, adopt or embrace
Chattel
Personal possession, property other than real estate
Lascivious
Feeling or revealing an often offensive sexual desire
Mores
Fixed or binding customs of a particular group of people
Wards
People or a person under the protection of the government
Monied
Having much money or wealth
Mandates
An official order to do something
Quell
To thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity
Docile
Easily managed or handled
Waxed
To increase in size, numbers, or strength
Defunct
No longer existing or functioning
Wily
Full of clever tricks
Tempered
Made less violent, especially by the influence of something benign
Philanthropy
The desire to promote the welfare of others, expressed esp. especially by the donation of money to others
Rebates
secret, privately negotiated reductions below the published rates
Magnate
A person of great power, rank, or influence
Wanton
A cruel or violent action that is deliberate and unprovoked
GNP
Total money value of all goods and services produced in a year
Acquisitive
Having a strong desire to own more things
Pell-Mell
In a confused, rushed, or disorderly manner
Centenary
The hundredth anniversary or a significant event
Proliferate
To increase in amount or number quickly
Disparaging
To describe as weak or unimportant
Deficit
The amount by which something, usually money, is too small
Propelled
Pushed or driven forward by a force
Schism
A division among members of a group due to a difference of opinions
Municipal
Of or relating to a city or town and its governing body
Armaments/Munitions
Military weapons or equipment
Jingoism
Extreme patriotism, often in the form of an aggressive foreign policy
Junta
An administrative council, especially in Latin America
Lettered
Educated or learned
Insular
Ignorant or unaccepting of other cultures outside one’s own knowledge
Tutelage
Protection of or having authority over
Amnesty
A decision that a group of people will not be punished for a wrong doing
Restive
Uneasy, restless
Nettlesome
Causing annoyance or difficulty
Impregnable
Not able to be captured by attack, very strong
Aberration
Something that is unusual or unexpected
Syndicate
When a group of businesses work together for mutual benefit
Steward
Someone who takes care or the land or property of another person
Paucity
Smallest in number or quantity, an amount that is less than desired
Befuddled
Confused, perplexed
Strident
Loud and hash, unpleasant sounding
Adulterated
To make something weak by adding a substance of poor quality (food)
Arbitration
The hearing and determining of a dispute or the settling of differences between parties by a third person or persons chosen or agreed to by them
Disparate
Different from each other
Relativism
The doctrine that knowledge, truth, and morality exist in relation to culture, society, or historical context, and are not absolute.
Ardent
Having or showing strong feelings
Peonage
The practice of holding someone to servitude to work off a debt or serve as a penal sentence
Oligopoly
A situation in which a small amount of businesses control the market and can regulate prices, etc.
