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TOEFL Vocab: Global Words
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1. Multiple ethnic or religious groups existing in the same area
imperial
prophesized
aristocracy
pluralism
2. The act of being formally connected or joined
synthesis
vigor
affiliation
garrison
3. Lower in rank or position - secondary; one who is in a lower position or under the orders of someone else;
pagan
pluralism
subordinate
uniformity
4. Predicted; foretold
secular
mortality
prophesized
textiles
5. A subdivision of a larger religious group - A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination
monasticism
textiles
faction
sect
6. The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
puritanical
deity
fuse
patronage
7. (n) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
precedent
matrilineal
patrilineal
conscript
8. Having superior power and influence
matrilineal
pagan
investiture
paramount
9. Death rate
fealty
mortality
faction
evangelize
10. Sameness; monotony; uniform - the same all over
uniformity
inevitable
imperial
ideology
11. The body of doctrine - myth - belief - etc. - that guides an individual - social movement - institution - class - or large group.
paramount
lineage
ideology
prophesized
12. A person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the those of the Roman Catholic Church
heretic
harem
faction
pluralism
13. A person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions.
ethics
prophesized
pagan
monopoly
14. Woven materials; cloth
abdicate
textiles
patronage
classical
15. Love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it
heretic
innate
nationalism
patronage
16. 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
advent
forestalling
pagan
monasticism
17. Mistress
precedent
paramount
inevitable
concubine
18. Relating to or associated with an empire
heretic
pluralism
imperial
despot
19. Strength - energy
sovereignty
hastened
conscript
vigor
20. Worldly; not pertaining to church matters or religion
congregate
secular
maritime
adherents
21. The most powerful members of a society (some with hereditary titles)
status
aristocracy
advent
prophesized
22. Strive to equal or match - especially by imitating
fealty
emulate
decadent
nationalism
23. Code of morality
ethics
theocracy
synthesis
decadent
24. Largely inactive - accustomed to sitting
inevitable
congregate
scorn
sedentary
25. The official head of the Roman Catholic Church.
stratify
papacy
textiles
positivism
26. A group - usually a small part of a larger group - united around some cause
abdicate
emulate
faction
subordinate
27. Someone who is drafted into military service
conscript
patrilineal
secular
hinterland
28. The combination of parts to make a whole
sovereignty
mystic
positivism
synthesis
29. Divide society into social classes or castes; to arrange in layers
heretic
stratify
vigor
subordinate
30. To wipe out; to destroy
autonomy
eradicate
hinterland
fealty
31. Any system of persons or things ranked one above another
nationalism
autonomy
hierarchy
egalitarian
32. The ceremony of installing a new monarch
decadent
sedentary
theocracy
investiture
33. Outward demonstration; indication of the presence of something;
doctrine
conscript
morality
manifestation
34. A clergyman or other person in religious orders
paramount
eunuchs
ecclesiastic
lineage
35. Natural - inborn
sect
innate
aristocracy
scorn
36. A remote and undeveloped area
fuse
inextricable
hinterland
morality
37. Based on or tracing descent through the male line
ethnocentric
patrilineal
deity
affiliation
38. Relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the mother
adherents
matrilineal
nationalism
venerate
39. To move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry
conscript
lineage
advent
hastened
40. Someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
subsequent
classical
adept
adherents
41. A god or goddess
primogeniture
venerate
deity
pagan
42. Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
fuse
synthesis
imperial
medieval
43. Control of a product or service by one company
sect
faction
monopoly
ideology
44. Arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
pagan
pastoral
aristocracy
advent
45. Faithfulness; allegiance; loyalty
emulate
fealty
hierarchy
secular
46. Very strict in matters of religious or moral conduct
ethnocentric
puritanical
hinterland
faction
47. Independence; self-determination - political independence
sect
patrilineal
autonomy
puritanical
48. Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant; mix together different elements
fealty
fuse
inextricable
evangelize
49. Preach the gospel (to)
medieval
monasticism
evangelize
ideology
50. A person who believes in the equality of all people
pagan
egalitarian
subordinate
patronage