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TOEFL Vocab: Global Words
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1. Belief in government run by religious leaders
theocracy
inevitable
adherents
manifestation
2. Code of morality
ethics
patronage
sect
advent
3. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen
adept
maritime
innate
garrison
4. A group - usually a small part of a larger group - united around some cause
faction
sedentary
paramount
despot
5. Control of a product or service by one company
pagan
imperial
ethics
monopoly
6. Someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
maritime
adept
innate
scorn
7. Right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son; seniority by birth
heretic
primogeniture
secular
concubine
8. Incapable of being avoided or prevented - bound to happen
inevitable
classical
ethnocentric
affiliation
9. Kept from public knowledge by various means; held back
lineage
autonomy
suppressed
imperial
10. Of recognized authority or excellence; relating to ancient Greece or Rome
deity
morality
classical
nationalism
11. Any system of persons or things ranked one above another
papacy
pagan
hierarchy
deity
12. Following in time or order - following - coming after or later
heretic
subsequent
matrilineal
inevitable
13. Devotion and reverence to God
positivism
subsequent
piety
pastoral
14. Faithfulness; allegiance; loyalty
indigenous
fealty
monasticism
textiles
15. To give up power
abdicate
uniformity
medieval
forestalling
16. Related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle
patrilineal
uniformity
eradicate
pastoral
17. Largely inactive - accustomed to sitting
sedentary
stratify
prophesized
fealty
18. Woven materials; cloth
textiles
theocracy
manifestation
investiture
19. Outward demonstration; indication of the presence of something;
faction
pluralism
scorn
manifestation
20. The most powerful members of a society (some with hereditary titles)
aristocracy
hinterland
puritanical
venerate
21. Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant; mix together different elements
fuse
ethics
precedent
morality
22. A person who believes in the equality of all people
doctrine
theocracy
egalitarian
decadent
23. Natural - inborn
innate
garrison
prophesized
hierarchy
24. Centered on a specific ethnic group - usually one's own
ethnocentric
adept
suppressed
medieval
25. Mistress
concubine
prophesized
monasticism
advent
26. To wipe out; to destroy
hastened
puritanical
eradicate
hierarchy
27. A god or goddess
deity
subsequent
concubine
subordinate
28. The combination of parts to make a whole
sect
fealty
eunuchs
synthesis
29. Having superior power and influence
positivism
paramount
puritanical
papacy
30. A person's condition or position in the eyes of the law; relative rank or standing - especially in society ;prestige
imperial
pluralism
status
despot
31. Direct descent from a particular ancestor
lineage
eradicate
sedentary
indigenous
32. Predicted; foretold
theocracy
monasticism
pagan
prophesized
33. Regard with feelings of respect and reverence
medieval
venerate
sect
harem
34. Multiple ethnic or religious groups existing in the same area
pluralism
fealty
monasticism
suppressed
35. Strive to equal or match - especially by imitating
emulate
pluralism
morality
investiture
36. Someone who is drafted into military service
classical
prophesized
conscript
innate
37. A person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions.
pagan
matrilineal
emulate
patronage
38. Love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it
inextricable
nationalism
advent
maritime
39. Sameness; monotony; uniform - the same all over
subordinate
forestalling
uniformity
deity
40. Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
decadent
medieval
abdicate
inextricable
41. Strength - energy
vigor
eradicate
positivism
advent
42. Incapable of being solved or untangled
vigor
conscript
inextricable
abdicate
43. Relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the mother
matrilineal
ecclesiastic
fealty
eunuchs
44. Castrated males - originally in charge of protection of the ruler's concubines. Eventually had major roles in government - especially in China.
eunuchs
forestalling
theocracy
conscript
45. A subdivision of a larger religious group - A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination
sect
maritime
subsequent
conscript
46. To stop; delay - hinder
monopoly
mortality
forestalling
morality
47. Very strict in matters of religious or moral conduct
piety
puritanical
stratify
uniformity
48. Royal authority; supreme power and authority
papacy
sovereignty
puritanical
innate
49. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
harem
autonomy
maritime
ecclesiastic
50. Relating to or associated with an empire
precedent
imperial
heretic
medieval