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TOEFL Vocab: Global Words
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1. Otherworldly; mysterious; enigmatic
decadent
morality
abdicate
mystic
2. A person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions.
scorn
aristocracy
fealty
pagan
3. The body of doctrine - myth - belief - etc. - that guides an individual - social movement - institution - class - or large group.
ideology
conscript
suppressed
forestalling
4. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen
advent
maritime
adept
imperial
5. Code of morality
affiliation
ethics
indigenous
forestalling
6. Very strict in matters of religious or moral conduct
hinterland
puritanical
theocracy
aristocracy
7. A god or goddess
ecclesiastic
medieval
sovereignty
deity
8. Sameness; monotony; uniform - the same all over
uniformity
morality
adept
textiles
9. Related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle
ethics
harem
matrilineal
pastoral
10. The most powerful members of a society (some with hereditary titles)
papacy
innate
textiles
aristocracy
11. To come together in a group or crowd - assemble
congregate
pluralism
secular
mystic
12. Someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
adherents
adept
abdicate
despot
13. A clergyman or other person in religious orders
puritanical
emulate
ecclesiastic
venerate
14. Woven materials; cloth
faction
sedentary
hastened
textiles
15. Relating to or associated with an empire
inevitable
medieval
imperial
innate
16. Incapable of being avoided or prevented - bound to happen
inevitable
ecclesiastic
deity
textiles
17. Believers - followers
adherents
despot
ideology
manifestation
18. Death rate
mortality
sect
monasticism
stratify
19. Natural - inborn
vigor
innate
monopoly
puritanical
20. Predicted; foretold
precedent
autonomy
despot
prophesized
21. Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant; mix together different elements
harem
hierarchy
fuse
pagan
22. Outward demonstration; indication of the presence of something;
monasticism
emulate
ideology
manifestation
23. Any system of persons or things ranked one above another
monopoly
inevitable
hierarchy
secular
24. Independence; self-determination - political independence
inextricable
patrilineal
heretic
autonomy
25. Belief in government run by religious leaders
pluralism
sovereignty
heretic
theocracy
26. Following in time or order - following - coming after or later
synthesis
subsequent
puritanical
ecclesiastic
27. Philosophy
positivism
patrilineal
suppressed
classical
28. Strive to equal or match - especially by imitating
concubine
mortality
mystic
emulate
29. A person who believes in the equality of all people
sect
stratify
egalitarian
indigenous
30. Someone who is drafted into military service
advent
eunuchs
conscript
puritanical
31. Devotion and reverence to God
faction
piety
stratify
morality
32. A remote and undeveloped area
subordinate
inextricable
fuse
hinterland
33. A group - usually a small part of a larger group - united around some cause
emulate
sect
faction
investiture
34. Based on or tracing descent through the male line
garrison
adherents
advent
patrilineal
35. Divide society into social classes or castes; to arrange in layers
adept
stratify
puritanical
manifestation
36. Multiple ethnic or religious groups existing in the same area
pluralism
ethnocentric
hastened
subsequent
37. Having superior power and influence
decadent
status
mortality
paramount
38. Castrated males - originally in charge of protection of the ruler's concubines. Eventually had major roles in government - especially in China.
ethnocentric
precedent
eunuchs
primogeniture
39. Control of a product or service by one company
uniformity
maritime
prophesized
monopoly
40. To stop; delay - hinder
synthesis
heretic
forestalling
garrison
41. Centered on a specific ethnic group - usually one's own
ethnocentric
paramount
subordinate
mortality
42. Lower in rank or position - secondary; one who is in a lower position or under the orders of someone else;
affiliation
suppressed
subordinate
uniformity
43. Largely inactive - accustomed to sitting
nationalism
sedentary
theocracy
indigenous
44. Relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the mother
pastoral
piety
matrilineal
hastened
45. A subdivision of a larger religious group - A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination
subordinate
sect
harem
nationalism
46. Kept from public knowledge by various means; held back
imperial
hastened
suppressed
theocracy
47. A cruel and oppressive dictator - tyrant
inevitable
congregate
sovereignty
despot
48. Decaying or decayed - especially in terms of morals - downfall
classical
matrilineal
harem
decadent
49. Regard with feelings of respect and reverence
venerate
vigor
mortality
manifestation
50. Worldly; not pertaining to church matters or religion
secular
mystic
monasticism
classical