Test your basic knowledge |

TOEFL Vocab: Global Words

Subjects : toefl, english, vocabulary
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. A remote and undeveloped area






2. Preach the gospel (to)






3. Largely inactive - accustomed to sitting






4. A clergyman or other person in religious orders






5. Mistress






6. Any system of persons or things ranked one above another






7. Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong






8. Multiple ethnic or religious groups existing in the same area






9. Incapable of being avoided or prevented - bound to happen






10. A belief - principle - or teaching






11. Native to a certain area






12. A god or goddess






13. A group - usually a small part of a larger group - united around some cause






14. Lower in rank or position - secondary; one who is in a lower position or under the orders of someone else;






15. Centered on a specific ethnic group - usually one's own






16. Direct descent from a particular ancestor






17. Independence; self-determination - political independence






18. Incapable of being solved or untangled






19. The act of being formally connected or joined






20. Following in time or order - following - coming after or later






21. Castrated males - originally in charge of protection of the ruler's concubines. Eventually had major roles in government - especially in China.






22. The most powerful members of a society (some with hereditary titles)






23. Royal authority; supreme power and authority






24. Arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)






25. Woven materials; cloth






26. Belief in government run by religious leaders






27. Related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle






28. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen






29. Having superior power and influence






30. To give up power






31. To move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry






32. The official head of the Roman Catholic Church.






33. A fortified military post where troops are stationed






34. Divide society into social classes or castes; to arrange in layers






35. A person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the those of the Roman Catholic Church






36. Philosophy






37. Code of morality






38. Believers - followers






39. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household






40. Strive to equal or match - especially by imitating






41. A subdivision of a larger religious group - A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination






42. Control of a product or service by one company






43. Someone who is drafted into military service






44. To wipe out; to destroy






45. Kept from public knowledge by various means; held back






46. Relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the mother






47. The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers






48. Otherworldly; mysterious; enigmatic






49. Right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son; seniority by birth






50. To stop; delay - hinder