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TOEFL Vocab: Global Words
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1. Incapable of being solved or untangled
inextricable
pagan
theocracy
patronage
2. Otherworldly; mysterious; enigmatic
evangelize
subordinate
mystic
doctrine
3. Strength - energy
vigor
manifestation
paramount
papacy
4. Philosophy
positivism
venerate
subsequent
precedent
5. Sameness; monotony; uniform - the same all over
maritime
monasticism
indigenous
uniformity
6. Strive to equal or match - especially by imitating
inevitable
advent
emulate
suppressed
7. Arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
synthesis
autonomy
advent
doctrine
8. (n) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
ideology
pagan
abdicate
precedent
9. Someone who is drafted into military service
concubine
manifestation
conscript
congregate
10. Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant; mix together different elements
nationalism
autonomy
innate
fuse
11. The act of being formally connected or joined
inevitable
affiliation
maritime
patronage
12. Relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the mother
matrilineal
papacy
status
primogeniture
13. Decaying or decayed - especially in terms of morals - downfall
uniformity
decadent
precedent
pagan
14. A subdivision of a larger religious group - A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination
adept
autonomy
sect
aristocracy
15. A person who believes in the equality of all people
scorn
advent
sect
egalitarian
16. Very strict in matters of religious or moral conduct
suppressed
puritanical
prophesized
piety
17. Predicted; foretold
patronage
eradicate
prophesized
secular
18. Faithfulness; allegiance; loyalty
inextricable
stratify
fealty
adherents
19. The ceremony of installing a new monarch
positivism
investiture
monopoly
nationalism
20. Natural - inborn
prophesized
innate
adherents
piety
21. The combination of parts to make a whole
synthesis
doctrine
status
inextricable
22. Centered on a specific ethnic group - usually one's own
ethnocentric
sect
puritanical
medieval
23. Mistress
concubine
medieval
fealty
sovereignty
24. Right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son; seniority by birth
indigenous
garrison
primogeniture
precedent
25. Control of a product or service by one company
precedent
fuse
monopoly
eunuchs
26. A clergyman or other person in religious orders
subordinate
ecclesiastic
aristocracy
faction
27. A way of life in which men and women withdraw from the rest of the world in order to devote themselves to their faith; living life as a monk
egalitarian
matrilineal
monasticism
patronage
28. Love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it
advent
positivism
prophesized
nationalism
29. Code of morality
venerate
ethics
inevitable
aristocracy
30. Native to a certain area
decadent
puritanical
indigenous
conscript
31. Castrated males - originally in charge of protection of the ruler's concubines. Eventually had major roles in government - especially in China.
investiture
eunuchs
monopoly
ideology
32. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen
maritime
eradicate
matrilineal
textiles
33. Open disrespect for a person or thing - look down on with disdain
egalitarian
ethics
scorn
vigor
34. To stop; delay - hinder
prophesized
forestalling
harem
paramount
35. Believers - followers
mystic
innate
adherents
maritime
36. Lower in rank or position - secondary; one who is in a lower position or under the orders of someone else;
medieval
affiliation
subordinate
venerate
37. Divide society into social classes or castes; to arrange in layers
stratify
lineage
fealty
evangelize
38. Direct descent from a particular ancestor
puritanical
inevitable
deity
lineage
39. A belief - principle - or teaching
nationalism
patronage
doctrine
pastoral
40. Any system of persons or things ranked one above another
monopoly
sect
egalitarian
hierarchy
41. Of recognized authority or excellence; relating to ancient Greece or Rome
paramount
sect
classical
garrison
42. Following in time or order - following - coming after or later
suppressed
subsequent
forestalling
venerate
43. A god or goddess
deity
patronage
vigor
evangelize
44. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
primogeniture
fuse
harem
ethics
45. A person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions.
adherents
fuse
pagan
egalitarian
46. Belief in government run by religious leaders
theocracy
aristocracy
affiliation
fuse
47. Outward demonstration; indication of the presence of something;
piety
manifestation
medieval
egalitarian
48. Death rate
scorn
maritime
manifestation
mortality
49. A fortified military post where troops are stationed
imperial
eunuchs
garrison
decadent
50. A person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the those of the Roman Catholic Church
precedent
heretic
fuse
paramount