APUSH Vocabulary Terms for Quiz #8

Flashcards containing vocabulary terms and their definitions from APUSH vocabulary quiz #8.

Substantiate

To strengthen with new evidence or facts.

Subtle

Hard to detect or analyze.

Sufficient

Enough; just meeting a requirement.

Surly

Unfriendly; inclined to anger.

Surmount

To get on top of or overcome.

Susceptible

To be vulnerable (to something).

Tactful

Skilled at dealing with people.

Taut

Pulled tight.

Teeming

Abundantly filled (usu. with living organisms).

Temperament

Usual mood or feelings.

Tentative

Not yet finalized.

Transparent

See-through; truthful or easy to perceive.

Treacherous

Dangerous and unstable.

Tremendous

Very large, good, or bad in degree or size.

Ubiquitous

Being everywhere at once.

Unadorned

Undecorated, plain.

Undermine

To weaken or subvert (usu. gradually or secretly).

Underscore

To emphasize or give additional weight to.

Undulate

To move as ripples or in a wavy pattern.

Unilateral

One-sided.

Unjust

Unfair; not justified.

Unmitigated

Downright, utter, total.

Unprecedented

Completely new and never having happened before; historic.

Unveil

To make visible; to reveal.

Urge

Desire or impulse; to encourage or persuade.

Validate

To prove or declare valid.

Viability

Ability to be done in a practical or useful way.

Vital

Urgently necessary.

Vow

To promise.

Warrant

To prove to be reasonable.