Tricky Words Vocab APWorld

circa

around

invoke

appeal/ call on

Incumbent

holder of office

Reap

to gather, receive

Ambivalent

mixed feelings, contradictory ideas

Apprehend

Arrest for crime

Implicit

applied through, not mainly expressed

inhabitants

natives

despotism

kings/ queens

lamentable

deplorably bad

diplomatic

meeting with both sides, even

sovereignty

power

enroachment

intrusive

indispensable

absolutely necessary

tyranny

leader with full control, oppressive/ cruel

inalienable

unable to be taken away

autocracy

self rule

represses

putting down, belittle

assimilation

fit in, blend with

veneration

respect of elders/ ancestors