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TOEFL Vocab: Global Words
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1. The act of being formally connected or joined
monasticism
uniformity
heretic
affiliation
2. Faithfulness; allegiance; loyalty
ethnocentric
mortality
affiliation
fealty
3. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
piety
conscript
pagan
harem
4. Code of morality
egalitarian
ethics
secular
conscript
5. Of recognized authority or excellence; relating to ancient Greece or Rome
classical
vigor
fealty
doctrine
6. Arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
investiture
advent
harem
fuse
7. Decaying or decayed - especially in terms of morals - downfall
ethnocentric
decadent
maritime
emulate
8. Otherworldly; mysterious; enigmatic
scorn
piety
mystic
forestalling
9. Sameness; monotony; uniform - the same all over
theocracy
primogeniture
patrilineal
uniformity
10. The combination of parts to make a whole
maritime
mortality
synthesis
affiliation
11. Someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
investiture
monasticism
puritanical
adept
12. Independence; self-determination - political independence
autonomy
scorn
piety
inevitable
13. A god or goddess
patronage
precedent
deity
synthesis
14. A person who believes in the equality of all people
egalitarian
pagan
subordinate
doctrine
15. Belief in government run by religious leaders
monasticism
precedent
inevitable
theocracy
16. Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant; mix together different elements
fuse
concubine
doctrine
adept
17. Kept from public knowledge by various means; held back
advent
indigenous
suppressed
puritanical
18. Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
vigor
medieval
ethics
piety
19. Relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the mother
matrilineal
nationalism
lineage
deity
20. A subdivision of a larger religious group - A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination
sect
concubine
imperial
autonomy
21. Divide society into social classes or castes; to arrange in layers
ecclesiastic
prophesized
faction
stratify
22. Philosophy
sedentary
vigor
evangelize
positivism
23. Mistress
imperial
concubine
suppressed
emulate
24. Native to a certain area
imperial
eunuchs
indigenous
status
25. Relating to or associated with an empire
despot
precedent
monasticism
imperial
26. To come together in a group or crowd - assemble
subsequent
congregate
sedentary
status
27. A person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions.
inevitable
synthesis
pagan
textiles
28. Woven materials; cloth
scorn
nationalism
textiles
venerate
29. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen
manifestation
secular
maritime
inevitable
30. Any system of persons or things ranked one above another
pagan
autonomy
hierarchy
patronage
31. The official head of the Roman Catholic Church.
fuse
mystic
papacy
egalitarian
32. A clergyman or other person in religious orders
congregate
adept
ecclesiastic
doctrine
33. A cruel and oppressive dictator - tyrant
suppressed
status
despot
concubine
34. To wipe out; to destroy
affiliation
eradicate
deity
vigor
35. Strength - energy
decadent
doctrine
sedentary
vigor
36. Predicted; foretold
ethnocentric
adherents
prophesized
nationalism
37. 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
sedentary
monasticism
synthesis
maritime
38. Outward demonstration; indication of the presence of something;
textiles
innate
harem
manifestation
39. Someone who is drafted into military service
eunuchs
despot
scorn
conscript
40. To stop; delay - hinder
heretic
papacy
forestalling
inevitable
41. Castrated males - originally in charge of protection of the ruler's concubines. Eventually had major roles in government - especially in China.
despot
congregate
textiles
eunuchs
42. Right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son; seniority by birth
adept
patrilineal
nationalism
primogeniture
43. Believers - followers
venerate
secular
monopoly
adherents
44. Related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle
pastoral
autonomy
fuse
doctrine
45. A belief - principle - or teaching
monopoly
synthesis
doctrine
congregate
46. The ceremony of installing a new monarch
lineage
ethics
scorn
investiture
47. Open disrespect for a person or thing - look down on with disdain
congregate
doctrine
matrilineal
scorn
48. Death rate
heretic
mortality
eradicate
suppressed
49. Incapable of being avoided or prevented - bound to happen
positivism
ecclesiastic
inevitable
adherents
50. A group - usually a small part of a larger group - united around some cause
scorn
faction
hinterland
sedentary