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AP Euro Chapter 18 Vocab
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History
9th Grade
11/11/2010

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Synthesis
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 the integration of traits, attitudes, and impulses to create a total personality.
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Elaboration
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 an unconscious process of expanding and embellishing a detail
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Consolidation
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to unite or combine
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Postulation
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to make a claim or demand
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Erosion
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A gradual decline of something
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Resurgence
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revival: bringing again into activity and prominence
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Inassertiveness
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the trait of not being considerate and thoughtful of others
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Assertion
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a declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary)
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levy
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recruit: cause to assemble or enlist in the military; "raise an army"; "recruit new soldiers"
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reinstatement
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the act of restoring someone to a previous position
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Primarily
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chiefly, for the most part
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Deductive
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involving inferences from general principles
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Distinction
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differenciation of things that are different

 

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Reliance
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certainty based on past experience
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preeminent
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greatest in importance
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Repression
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to put down by force
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sorvereign
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a nations ruler or head of state usually by heredity
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acquisition
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the act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something
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scandalmongering
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speading malicious gossip
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Autocrat
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a cruel and oppressive dicatator
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despotism
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absolutism: dominance through threat of punishment and violence
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viability
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something capable of being done in a useful and practical way
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