APUSH Academic Vocab Terms

Autonomous

in charge of one's self, self governing

Beneficiary

a person or group who receives benefits, profits, or advantages

Commonwealth

a federation of states

Disdain

to look upon or treat with contempt

Disparate

essentially different, dissimilar

Dissident

against status quo of government, disagree with official policy

Domineering

dominating over another in an arrogant way

Exploit

 take advantage (ex. Europeans exploit new world resources)

Federation

 a group of states with central government but independence in internal affairs

Levy

 imposing or collecting, as of tax, by authority or force

Militant

 vigorously active and aggressive, especially in support of a cause

Outmoded

out of date

Partition

divide into parts

Plifer

to steal, especially in small quantities

Protracted

 to draw out or lengthen, especially with time

Reflect

to think deeply or carefully about

Refute

to prove to be false

Renounced

to give up

Renowned

celebrated, famous

Secular

non-religious, pertaining to worldly things or to things that regarded as religious, spiritual, or sacred

Specie

coined money

Subsidize

 to support an organization or entity financially

Subsidy

to receive a financial contribution of money

Venerate

to worship