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TOEFL Vocab: Global Words
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1. Control of a product or service by one company
sovereignty
monopoly
heretic
suppressed
2. The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
patronage
eunuchs
paramount
secular
3. A subdivision of a larger religious group - A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination
despot
sect
monasticism
harem
4. A fortified military post where troops are stationed
matrilineal
classical
patrilineal
garrison
5. Sameness; monotony; uniform - the same all over
nationalism
ethnocentric
doctrine
uniformity
6. A group - usually a small part of a larger group - united around some cause
scorn
emulate
investiture
faction
7. Kept from public knowledge by various means; held back
suppressed
fuse
imperial
pluralism
8. Someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
precedent
adept
hinterland
hastened
9. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen
maritime
fuse
imperial
mystic
10. Code of morality
prophesized
ethics
harem
doctrine
11. A clergyman or other person in religious orders
ecclesiastic
sovereignty
subordinate
adherents
12. The most powerful members of a society (some with hereditary titles)
adept
primogeniture
aristocracy
mystic
13. Relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the mother
matrilineal
hastened
investiture
paramount
14. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
harem
fuse
subordinate
patrilineal
15. Predicted; foretold
mystic
uniformity
prophesized
doctrine
16. Natural - inborn
congregate
mystic
innate
piety
17. Very strict in matters of religious or moral conduct
mortality
puritanical
textiles
inevitable
18. Right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son; seniority by birth
primogeniture
secular
scorn
subsequent
19. Royal authority; supreme power and authority
paramount
affiliation
sovereignty
adherents
20. Preach the gospel (to)
evangelize
synthesis
manifestation
piety
21. Based on or tracing descent through the male line
patrilineal
forestalling
heretic
maritime
22. Strength - energy
advent
vigor
congregate
ideology
23. A person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the those of the Roman Catholic Church
monasticism
garrison
heretic
vigor
24. Regard with feelings of respect and reverence
faction
heretic
inextricable
venerate
25. Love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it
sect
forestalling
nationalism
pagan
26. Following in time or order - following - coming after or later
subsequent
medieval
imperial
synthesis
27. The combination of parts to make a whole
prophesized
synthesis
fuse
eradicate
28. Lower in rank or position - secondary; one who is in a lower position or under the orders of someone else;
subordinate
forestalling
sect
precedent
29. Devotion and reverence to God
deity
pastoral
piety
stratify
30. A god or goddess
deity
inextricable
uniformity
ecclesiastic
31. Mistress
pluralism
garrison
puritanical
concubine
32. Related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle
innate
pastoral
subsequent
venerate
33. Having superior power and influence
paramount
ideology
sedentary
decadent
34. Death rate
advent
mortality
vigor
pagan
35. Outward demonstration; indication of the presence of something;
papacy
manifestation
monasticism
puritanical
36. Someone who is drafted into military service
conscript
hinterland
vigor
indigenous
37. Centered on a specific ethnic group - usually one's own
ethnocentric
abdicate
lineage
congregate
38. A person's condition or position in the eyes of the law; relative rank or standing - especially in society ;prestige
status
theocracy
patronage
imperial
39. To stop; delay - hinder
fuse
ideology
inextricable
forestalling
40. Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
subsequent
medieval
fealty
matrilineal
41. A person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions.
pastoral
eradicate
pagan
nationalism
42. A cruel and oppressive dictator - tyrant
despot
indigenous
maritime
hinterland
43. Faithfulness; allegiance; loyalty
ethnocentric
hinterland
fealty
pastoral
44. A belief - principle - or teaching
doctrine
ethnocentric
venerate
maritime
45. Worldly; not pertaining to church matters or religion
status
secular
subordinate
ecclesiastic
46. To come together in a group or crowd - assemble
congregate
evangelize
forestalling
status
47. Divide society into social classes or castes; to arrange in layers
stratify
lineage
sedentary
affiliation
48. Open disrespect for a person or thing - look down on with disdain
abdicate
patronage
scorn
textiles
49. The act of being formally connected or joined
hinterland
affiliation
advent
theocracy
50. Native to a certain area
inextricable
decadent
indigenous
sovereignty
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