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TOEFL Vocab: Global Words
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1. The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
matrilineal
nationalism
patronage
mortality
2. Related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle
ethics
advent
pastoral
manifestation
3. Strive to equal or match - especially by imitating
vigor
innate
secular
emulate
4. Following in time or order - following - coming after or later
monopoly
hinterland
subsequent
scorn
5. Someone who is drafted into military service
advent
ethics
innate
conscript
6. Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
positivism
vigor
medieval
ethics
7. Relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the mother
despot
theocracy
matrilineal
evangelize
8. A subdivision of a larger religious group - A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination
theocracy
faction
paramount
sect
9. Devotion and reverence to God
uniformity
scorn
conscript
piety
10. Regard with feelings of respect and reverence
indigenous
venerate
eradicate
garrison
11. Code of morality
ethics
subsequent
eradicate
concubine
12. A person's condition or position in the eyes of the law; relative rank or standing - especially in society ;prestige
positivism
status
patrilineal
inevitable
13. Of recognized authority or excellence; relating to ancient Greece or Rome
sedentary
garrison
faction
classical
14. Relating to or associated with an empire
advent
ideology
imperial
medieval
15. Worldly; not pertaining to church matters or religion
despot
secular
autonomy
affiliation
16. The act of being formally connected or joined
secular
affiliation
egalitarian
aristocracy
17. A person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions.
piety
hinterland
pagan
subsequent
18. Lower in rank or position - secondary; one who is in a lower position or under the orders of someone else;
precedent
deity
innate
subordinate
19. Arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
concubine
fealty
advent
faction
20. Based on or tracing descent through the male line
doctrine
despot
patrilineal
classical
21. A group - usually a small part of a larger group - united around some cause
deity
inevitable
faction
positivism
22. The combination of parts to make a whole
uniformity
sedentary
secular
synthesis
23. Control of a product or service by one company
stratify
despot
secular
monopoly
24. Woven materials; cloth
morality
medieval
venerate
textiles
25. The most powerful members of a society (some with hereditary titles)
uniformity
faction
aristocracy
lineage
26. To give up power
adept
piety
abdicate
despot
27. Royal authority; supreme power and authority
sovereignty
positivism
sedentary
fealty
28. A person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the those of the Roman Catholic Church
eradicate
heretic
mystic
secular
29. A remote and undeveloped area
fuse
sect
eradicate
hinterland
30. Preach the gospel (to)
evangelize
deity
indigenous
investiture
31. A fortified military post where troops are stationed
congregate
garrison
inextricable
textiles
32. Philosophy
positivism
egalitarian
inextricable
adept
33. A clergyman or other person in religious orders
ecclesiastic
subsequent
paramount
fealty
34. Otherworldly; mysterious; enigmatic
mystic
monasticism
hastened
precedent
35. Incapable of being solved or untangled
prophesized
matrilineal
heretic
inextricable
36. Any system of persons or things ranked one above another
innate
hierarchy
scorn
indigenous
37. Multiple ethnic or religious groups existing in the same area
medieval
advent
suppressed
pluralism
38. Largely inactive - accustomed to sitting
indigenous
congregate
eunuchs
sedentary
39. Decaying or decayed - especially in terms of morals - downfall
ecclesiastic
pastoral
decadent
imperial
40. Incapable of being avoided or prevented - bound to happen
ethics
secular
maritime
inevitable
41. A belief - principle - or teaching
indigenous
stratify
inextricable
doctrine
42. To come together in a group or crowd - assemble
investiture
secular
paramount
congregate
43. Sameness; monotony; uniform - the same all over
puritanical
ethnocentric
uniformity
morality
44. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
harem
aristocracy
ethics
positivism
45. Independence; self-determination - political independence
morality
autonomy
secular
inevitable
46. Believers - followers
adherents
advent
puritanical
harem
47. Very strict in matters of religious or moral conduct
hierarchy
monasticism
puritanical
fuse
48. Outward demonstration; indication of the presence of something;
manifestation
puritanical
patronage
emulate
49. Belief in government run by religious leaders
adherents
adept
monopoly
theocracy
50. Centered on a specific ethnic group - usually one's own
sect
patrilineal
ethnocentric
eunuchs