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TOEFL Vocab: Global Words
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1. A person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the those of the Roman Catholic Church
primogeniture
heretic
sovereignty
ethnocentric
2. Code of morality
monasticism
puritanical
ethics
decadent
3. Mistress
concubine
conscript
sedentary
congregate
4. A person who believes in the equality of all people
puritanical
ecclesiastic
egalitarian
morality
5. Related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle
inextricable
venerate
maritime
pastoral
6. To move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry
indigenous
sovereignty
hastened
papacy
7. Philosophy
autonomy
despot
positivism
eradicate
8. Outward demonstration; indication of the presence of something;
imperial
patronage
concubine
manifestation
9. Strive to equal or match - especially by imitating
textiles
maritime
monasticism
emulate
10. Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
garrison
monopoly
subsequent
morality
11. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
harem
garrison
synthesis
evangelize
12. Divide society into social classes or castes; to arrange in layers
papacy
stratify
manifestation
piety
13. Multiple ethnic or religious groups existing in the same area
uniformity
faction
prophesized
pluralism
14. Sameness; monotony; uniform - the same all over
decadent
paramount
uniformity
ecclesiastic
15. The official head of the Roman Catholic Church.
sovereignty
papacy
mortality
status
16. To wipe out; to destroy
evangelize
garrison
eradicate
positivism
17. The act of being formally connected or joined
hastened
patronage
affiliation
precedent
18. A person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions.
conscript
hierarchy
mortality
pagan
19. A belief - principle - or teaching
mortality
pastoral
scorn
doctrine
20. Otherworldly; mysterious; enigmatic
mystic
hinterland
harem
lineage
21. Control of a product or service by one company
ecclesiastic
prophesized
monopoly
eradicate
22. Relating to or associated with an empire
innate
theocracy
despot
imperial
23. The combination of parts to make a whole
synthesis
doctrine
ideology
monopoly
24. Having superior power and influence
decadent
sedentary
faction
paramount
25. Right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son; seniority by birth
forestalling
inextricable
primogeniture
piety
26. Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant; mix together different elements
monasticism
fuse
investiture
piety
27. The most powerful members of a society (some with hereditary titles)
pluralism
patrilineal
adept
aristocracy
28. Arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
evangelize
advent
investiture
adept
29. To come together in a group or crowd - assemble
piety
congregate
investiture
harem
30. Royal authority; supreme power and authority
harem
matrilineal
sovereignty
evangelize
31. Open disrespect for a person or thing - look down on with disdain
venerate
scorn
sovereignty
prophesized
32. Kept from public knowledge by various means; held back
indigenous
suppressed
stratify
eunuchs
33. A clergyman or other person in religious orders
positivism
ecclesiastic
paramount
subsequent
34. Of recognized authority or excellence; relating to ancient Greece or Rome
mortality
sovereignty
conscript
classical
35. Strength - energy
prophesized
conscript
vigor
adept
36. Very strict in matters of religious or moral conduct
hastened
secular
maritime
puritanical
37. Death rate
mortality
mystic
ecclesiastic
decadent
38. Natural - inborn
innate
eradicate
textiles
ethics
39. A remote and undeveloped area
hinterland
mortality
concubine
deity
40. Following in time or order - following - coming after or later
affiliation
doctrine
subsequent
mystic
41. Decaying or decayed - especially in terms of morals - downfall
decadent
scorn
morality
theocracy
42. Worldly; not pertaining to church matters or religion
pagan
secular
patrilineal
fealty
43. A group - usually a small part of a larger group - united around some cause
faction
decadent
suppressed
primogeniture
44. A subdivision of a larger religious group - A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination
sect
venerate
monasticism
papacy
45. Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
mortality
ideology
adherents
medieval
46. The body of doctrine - myth - belief - etc. - that guides an individual - social movement - institution - class - or large group.
eunuchs
ideology
primogeniture
harem
47. Incapable of being solved or untangled
puritanical
pluralism
inextricable
classical
48. Direct descent from a particular ancestor
paramount
lineage
positivism
faction
49. The ceremony of installing a new monarch
primogeniture
investiture
decadent
innate
50. Regard with feelings of respect and reverence
venerate
subordinate
secular
vigor