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TOEFL Vocab: Global Words
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1. Royal authority; supreme power and authority
advent
sedentary
manifestation
sovereignty
2. Mistress
innate
venerate
concubine
forestalling
3. Control of a product or service by one company
egalitarian
pastoral
despot
monopoly
4. The combination of parts to make a whole
ethnocentric
sovereignty
synthesis
conscript
5. The most powerful members of a society (some with hereditary titles)
aristocracy
eunuchs
paramount
secular
6. A belief - principle - or teaching
doctrine
pluralism
venerate
secular
7. Otherworldly; mysterious; enigmatic
suppressed
secular
mystic
imperial
8. Having superior power and influence
paramount
fealty
subsequent
advent
9. Centered on a specific ethnic group - usually one's own
hierarchy
aristocracy
ethnocentric
precedent
10. Any system of persons or things ranked one above another
pluralism
hierarchy
papacy
eunuchs
11. A remote and undeveloped area
suppressed
uniformity
hinterland
fealty
12. Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
deity
medieval
congregate
decadent
13. To stop; delay - hinder
ecclesiastic
investiture
inevitable
forestalling
14. Very strict in matters of religious or moral conduct
suppressed
adherents
puritanical
papacy
15. A person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the those of the Roman Catholic Church
heretic
synthesis
status
pagan
16. Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant; mix together different elements
monasticism
ethics
fuse
subordinate
17. A god or goddess
classical
deity
suppressed
heretic
18. Death rate
papacy
mortality
primogeniture
innate
19. Strength - energy
faction
mystic
vigor
imperial
20. The ceremony of installing a new monarch
innate
indigenous
garrison
investiture
21. The act of being formally connected or joined
affiliation
prophesized
abdicate
concubine
22. Largely inactive - accustomed to sitting
patronage
sedentary
primogeniture
stratify
23. Castrated males - originally in charge of protection of the ruler's concubines. Eventually had major roles in government - especially in China.
egalitarian
eunuchs
conscript
fealty
24. The body of doctrine - myth - belief - etc. - that guides an individual - social movement - institution - class - or large group.
ethics
hastened
ideology
doctrine
25. Regard with feelings of respect and reverence
evangelize
egalitarian
venerate
forestalling
26. The official head of the Roman Catholic Church.
morality
inevitable
autonomy
papacy
27. (n) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
indigenous
precedent
egalitarian
doctrine
28. Outward demonstration; indication of the presence of something;
affiliation
manifestation
suppressed
evangelize
29. A person's condition or position in the eyes of the law; relative rank or standing - especially in society ;prestige
status
stratify
monasticism
patronage
30. Predicted; foretold
conscript
vigor
prophesized
medieval
31. Love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it
nationalism
inextricable
manifestation
hierarchy
32. Kept from public knowledge by various means; held back
suppressed
fuse
imperial
matrilineal
33. Worldly; not pertaining to church matters or religion
secular
venerate
mystic
heretic
34. Direct descent from a particular ancestor
pluralism
monopoly
faction
lineage
35. A fortified military post where troops are stationed
venerate
garrison
sedentary
sect
36. Sameness; monotony; uniform - the same all over
uniformity
patrilineal
conscript
innate
37. Woven materials; cloth
textiles
ecclesiastic
medieval
stratify
38. Incapable of being solved or untangled
suppressed
inextricable
congregate
autonomy
39. A person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions.
mystic
despot
paramount
pagan
40. Natural - inborn
innate
deity
morality
scorn
41. Code of morality
synthesis
primogeniture
ethics
lineage
42. Believers - followers
ethics
adherents
matrilineal
classical
43. Multiple ethnic or religious groups existing in the same area
indigenous
subsequent
pluralism
matrilineal
44. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
harem
egalitarian
puritanical
primogeniture
45. To move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry
doctrine
classical
hastened
congregate
46. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen
hinterland
maritime
sedentary
innate
47. Devotion and reverence to God
sovereignty
classical
piety
patrilineal
48. Following in time or order - following - coming after or later
subordinate
scorn
subsequent
monopoly
49. A clergyman or other person in religious orders
fealty
ecclesiastic
doctrine
investiture
50. Decaying or decayed - especially in terms of morals - downfall
primogeniture
forestalling
decadent
aristocracy