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TOEFL Vocab: Global Words
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1. Woven materials; cloth
maritime
textiles
pastoral
subordinate
2. The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
inextricable
advent
eradicate
patronage
3. Philosophy
lineage
theocracy
forestalling
positivism
4. Of recognized authority or excellence; relating to ancient Greece or Rome
positivism
medieval
classical
ecclesiastic
5. Incapable of being avoided or prevented - bound to happen
inevitable
aristocracy
mortality
decadent
6. Related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle
affiliation
pastoral
concubine
eunuchs
7. To move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry
puritanical
ethics
hastened
abdicate
8. Outward demonstration; indication of the presence of something;
abdicate
manifestation
mystic
hierarchy
9. Right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son; seniority by birth
ethics
doctrine
primogeniture
uniformity
10. Regard with feelings of respect and reverence
ecclesiastic
patrilineal
abdicate
venerate
11. A person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions.
textiles
pagan
advent
ecclesiastic
12. A person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the those of the Roman Catholic Church
stratify
garrison
sovereignty
heretic
13. Centered on a specific ethnic group - usually one's own
conscript
theocracy
papacy
ethnocentric
14. The official head of the Roman Catholic Church.
ethics
affiliation
sovereignty
papacy
15. Independence; self-determination - political independence
ideology
piety
autonomy
nationalism
16. Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
pastoral
sovereignty
theocracy
morality
17. (n) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
precedent
piety
suppressed
ethnocentric
18. A god or goddess
adept
maritime
deity
inevitable
19. The act of being formally connected or joined
imperial
affiliation
despot
vigor
20. Relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the mother
emulate
advent
matrilineal
nationalism
21. The combination of parts to make a whole
stratify
forestalling
synthesis
affiliation
22. Very strict in matters of religious or moral conduct
ideology
hastened
puritanical
evangelize
23. A belief - principle - or teaching
doctrine
suppressed
autonomy
sovereignty
24. Belief in government run by religious leaders
emulate
lineage
abdicate
theocracy
25. The body of doctrine - myth - belief - etc. - that guides an individual - social movement - institution - class - or large group.
ideology
pagan
innate
prophesized
26. Relating to or associated with an empire
imperial
faction
textiles
mortality
27. A person who believes in the equality of all people
investiture
fealty
egalitarian
classical
28. Otherworldly; mysterious; enigmatic
sedentary
mystic
uniformity
fuse
29. Natural - inborn
synthesis
uniformity
vigor
innate
30. Preach the gospel (to)
fuse
evangelize
advent
status
31. Sameness; monotony; uniform - the same all over
uniformity
subordinate
precedent
prophesized
32. The ceremony of installing a new monarch
hastened
ecclesiastic
investiture
hierarchy
33. Arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
advent
pluralism
concubine
autonomy
34. Strength - energy
pastoral
vigor
evangelize
synthesis
35. Any system of persons or things ranked one above another
secular
synthesis
status
hierarchy
36. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
mystic
suppressed
harem
egalitarian
37. Largely inactive - accustomed to sitting
mortality
classical
sedentary
uniformity
38. Divide society into social classes or castes; to arrange in layers
sovereignty
stratify
despot
congregate
39. Code of morality
ethics
concubine
emulate
monopoly
40. Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
subordinate
medieval
affiliation
patrilineal
41. Kept from public knowledge by various means; held back
medieval
suppressed
mortality
deity
42. Incapable of being solved or untangled
investiture
inextricable
monasticism
harem
43. Open disrespect for a person or thing - look down on with disdain
adherents
monasticism
conscript
scorn
44. To stop; delay - hinder
ecclesiastic
autonomy
paramount
forestalling
45. A person's condition or position in the eyes of the law; relative rank or standing - especially in society ;prestige
venerate
doctrine
status
precedent
46. Lower in rank or position - secondary; one who is in a lower position or under the orders of someone else;
subordinate
synthesis
manifestation
ethnocentric
47. Strive to equal or match - especially by imitating
maritime
mortality
paramount
emulate
48. Native to a certain area
ecclesiastic
indigenous
subsequent
textiles
49. A cruel and oppressive dictator - tyrant
matrilineal
despot
fealty
precedent
50. Death rate
autonomy
venerate
secular
mortality