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TOEFL Vocab: Global Words
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1. Philosophy
evangelize
monopoly
hierarchy
positivism
2. A belief - principle - or teaching
garrison
mystic
conscript
doctrine
3. To give up power
advent
pluralism
abdicate
paramount
4. Castrated males - originally in charge of protection of the ruler's concubines. Eventually had major roles in government - especially in China.
eunuchs
maritime
advent
forestalling
5. To come together in a group or crowd - assemble
piety
congregate
suppressed
paramount
6. Any system of persons or things ranked one above another
adherents
inevitable
hierarchy
congregate
7. To stop; delay - hinder
forestalling
monopoly
textiles
lineage
8. Of recognized authority or excellence; relating to ancient Greece or Rome
fuse
eradicate
pluralism
classical
9. Having superior power and influence
faction
decadent
papacy
paramount
10. Woven materials; cloth
textiles
pagan
forestalling
stratify
11. The combination of parts to make a whole
decadent
inevitable
adherents
synthesis
12. Direct descent from a particular ancestor
lineage
emulate
heretic
synthesis
13. Lower in rank or position - secondary; one who is in a lower position or under the orders of someone else;
prophesized
fuse
subordinate
evangelize
14. A person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the those of the Roman Catholic Church
manifestation
primogeniture
patronage
heretic
15. A fortified military post where troops are stationed
autonomy
adherents
decadent
garrison
16. Following in time or order - following - coming after or later
hastened
subsequent
status
stratify
17. A cruel and oppressive dictator - tyrant
despot
hierarchy
uniformity
indigenous
18. A subdivision of a larger religious group - A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination
hierarchy
vigor
sect
evangelize
19. Outward demonstration; indication of the presence of something;
harem
fealty
hierarchy
manifestation
20. A group - usually a small part of a larger group - united around some cause
autonomy
emulate
eunuchs
faction
21. Arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
suppressed
advent
ethics
hastened
22. Relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the mother
piety
hinterland
inextricable
matrilineal
23. To move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry
inextricable
innate
hastened
subordinate
24. Belief in government run by religious leaders
hierarchy
monopoly
patronage
theocracy
25. Divide society into social classes or castes; to arrange in layers
stratify
despot
decadent
lineage
26. Incapable of being solved or untangled
mystic
inextricable
evangelize
doctrine
27. Multiple ethnic or religious groups existing in the same area
patrilineal
pluralism
indigenous
sedentary
28. Worldly; not pertaining to church matters or religion
paramount
secular
subordinate
indigenous
29. 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
monasticism
subsequent
stratify
scorn
30. Decaying or decayed - especially in terms of morals - downfall
innate
egalitarian
hastened
decadent
31. The most powerful members of a society (some with hereditary titles)
aristocracy
sedentary
concubine
eradicate
32. Someone who is drafted into military service
conscript
papacy
sect
subsequent
33. Faithfulness; allegiance; loyalty
uniformity
sedentary
ethics
fealty
34. The official head of the Roman Catholic Church.
hierarchy
despot
conscript
papacy
35. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
venerate
mortality
theocracy
harem
36. Control of a product or service by one company
piety
classical
affiliation
monopoly
37. (n) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
precedent
fuse
indigenous
ideology
38. Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
medieval
sect
manifestation
indigenous
39. Relating to or associated with an empire
hastened
inextricable
imperial
sect
40. Independence; self-determination - political independence
textiles
ecclesiastic
fealty
autonomy
41. Very strict in matters of religious or moral conduct
puritanical
maritime
deity
manifestation
42. Regard with feelings of respect and reverence
mystic
venerate
indigenous
advent
43. Mistress
lineage
fuse
concubine
precedent
44. Natural - inborn
fealty
innate
ideology
matrilineal
45. Royal authority; supreme power and authority
ethics
garrison
sovereignty
fealty
46. To wipe out; to destroy
patronage
monasticism
eradicate
stratify
47. Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
eunuchs
doctrine
conscript
morality
48. Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant; mix together different elements
fuse
garrison
pluralism
secular
49. Centered on a specific ethnic group - usually one's own
evangelize
monopoly
lineage
ethnocentric
50. The ceremony of installing a new monarch
emulate
congregate
secular
investiture