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TOEFL Vocab: Global Words
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1. Faithfulness; allegiance; loyalty
innate
fealty
textiles
conscript
2. Arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
adept
advent
imperial
eradicate
3. Native to a certain area
garrison
pluralism
venerate
indigenous
4. Open disrespect for a person or thing - look down on with disdain
scorn
imperial
monopoly
venerate
5. Someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
adept
morality
piety
autonomy
6. The most powerful members of a society (some with hereditary titles)
eradicate
sect
decadent
aristocracy
7. Divide society into social classes or castes; to arrange in layers
prophesized
mystic
stratify
hierarchy
8. 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
pastoral
monasticism
autonomy
mortality
9. Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
textiles
medieval
hierarchy
prophesized
10. A group - usually a small part of a larger group - united around some cause
adept
decadent
faction
eradicate
11. Belief in government run by religious leaders
prophesized
subordinate
papacy
theocracy
12. A cruel and oppressive dictator - tyrant
venerate
ethnocentric
suppressed
despot
13. Relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the mother
abdicate
matrilineal
subordinate
harem
14. Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant; mix together different elements
prophesized
fuse
sect
medieval
15. Devotion and reverence to God
autonomy
piety
deity
venerate
16. The ceremony of installing a new monarch
congregate
theocracy
investiture
mystic
17. A person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions.
pluralism
precedent
pagan
fuse
18. Otherworldly; mysterious; enigmatic
mystic
forestalling
ecclesiastic
fealty
19. Control of a product or service by one company
monopoly
evangelize
imperial
mortality
20. Woven materials; cloth
suppressed
textiles
sovereignty
piety
21. A remote and undeveloped area
sovereignty
hinterland
abdicate
investiture
22. A god or goddess
synthesis
matrilineal
pastoral
deity
23. The combination of parts to make a whole
innate
synthesis
morality
uniformity
24. A subdivision of a larger religious group - A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination
sect
papacy
concubine
decadent
25. To move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry
investiture
hastened
patrilineal
primogeniture
26. Largely inactive - accustomed to sitting
hinterland
paramount
harem
sedentary
27. The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
lineage
patronage
ideology
maritime
28. Royal authority; supreme power and authority
sovereignty
fealty
adept
subordinate
29. The act of being formally connected or joined
sect
affiliation
paramount
textiles
30. (n) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
status
harem
precedent
imperial
31. Worldly; not pertaining to church matters or religion
nationalism
congregate
hastened
secular
32. Preach the gospel (to)
evangelize
subordinate
despot
mortality
33. Death rate
mortality
emulate
indigenous
investiture
34. Regard with feelings of respect and reverence
piety
venerate
investiture
eunuchs
35. Based on or tracing descent through the male line
innate
manifestation
patrilineal
inevitable
36. A clergyman or other person in religious orders
puritanical
monopoly
ecclesiastic
aristocracy
37. Believers - followers
monopoly
adherents
garrison
classical
38. Someone who is drafted into military service
matrilineal
conscript
scorn
deity
39. Natural - inborn
fealty
innate
eradicate
affiliation
40. Decaying or decayed - especially in terms of morals - downfall
vigor
patronage
decadent
emulate
41. A person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the those of the Roman Catholic Church
heretic
pagan
investiture
sect
42. Outward demonstration; indication of the presence of something;
fealty
autonomy
manifestation
mortality
43. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
medieval
venerate
maritime
harem
44. Strength - energy
advent
pastoral
imperial
vigor
45. Relating to or associated with an empire
imperial
decadent
pluralism
patronage
46. Strive to equal or match - especially by imitating
monopoly
advent
emulate
evangelize
47. To come together in a group or crowd - assemble
congregate
primogeniture
doctrine
patrilineal
48. Castrated males - originally in charge of protection of the ruler's concubines. Eventually had major roles in government - especially in China.
indigenous
primogeniture
lineage
eunuchs
49. Centered on a specific ethnic group - usually one's own
monasticism
scorn
ideology
ethnocentric
50. Code of morality
ethics
deity
textiles
ecclesiastic