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TOEFL Vocab: Global Words
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1. A cruel and oppressive dictator - tyrant
despot
autonomy
congregate
indigenous
2. Direct descent from a particular ancestor
ethics
hierarchy
scorn
lineage
3. Divide society into social classes or castes; to arrange in layers
morality
paramount
heretic
stratify
4. Decaying or decayed - especially in terms of morals - downfall
concubine
adept
hierarchy
decadent
5. To come together in a group or crowd - assemble
congregate
sedentary
innate
conscript
6. Preach the gospel (to)
indigenous
abdicate
despot
evangelize
7. A fortified military post where troops are stationed
emulate
secular
decadent
garrison
8. The combination of parts to make a whole
affiliation
synthesis
hinterland
concubine
9. To wipe out; to destroy
concubine
textiles
eradicate
puritanical
10. Someone who is drafted into military service
inevitable
conscript
innate
inextricable
11. Independence; self-determination - political independence
positivism
subsequent
theocracy
autonomy
12. A person's condition or position in the eyes of the law; relative rank or standing - especially in society ;prestige
subordinate
pastoral
ecclesiastic
status
13. The body of doctrine - myth - belief - etc. - that guides an individual - social movement - institution - class - or large group.
precedent
pluralism
uniformity
ideology
14. Woven materials; cloth
textiles
secular
hierarchy
positivism
15. Predicted; foretold
prophesized
scorn
hinterland
papacy
16. To move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry
morality
matrilineal
hastened
hierarchy
17. The ceremony of installing a new monarch
papacy
investiture
venerate
eunuchs
18. Right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son; seniority by birth
sedentary
monasticism
primogeniture
imperial
19. A person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions.
pagan
fuse
deity
investiture
20. Philosophy
positivism
ethnocentric
congregate
ideology
21. Very strict in matters of religious or moral conduct
pagan
deity
puritanical
status
22. Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant; mix together different elements
fuse
decadent
nationalism
monasticism
23. A remote and undeveloped area
pastoral
hinterland
evangelize
harem
24. Strive to equal or match - especially by imitating
sovereignty
innate
autonomy
emulate
25. A group - usually a small part of a larger group - united around some cause
faction
decadent
pluralism
suppressed
26. Worldly; not pertaining to church matters or religion
deity
monasticism
doctrine
secular
27. Centered on a specific ethnic group - usually one's own
patrilineal
ethnocentric
hinterland
hierarchy
28. Largely inactive - accustomed to sitting
paramount
sedentary
pagan
subsequent
29. A person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the those of the Roman Catholic Church
heretic
precedent
mortality
adept
30. Relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the mother
stratify
status
heretic
matrilineal
31. Belief in government run by religious leaders
sect
theocracy
despot
hierarchy
32. Mistress
concubine
sovereignty
prophesized
congregate
33. Arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
advent
investiture
morality
evangelize
34. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
conscript
mystic
harem
inevitable
35. The most powerful members of a society (some with hereditary titles)
aristocracy
advent
inevitable
deity
36. To stop; delay - hinder
ethics
sect
forestalling
autonomy
37. Any system of persons or things ranked one above another
indigenous
hierarchy
congregate
pagan
38. Multiple ethnic or religious groups existing in the same area
pagan
egalitarian
congregate
pluralism
39. To give up power
advent
inextricable
pluralism
abdicate
40. Someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
adept
patronage
affiliation
hierarchy
41. Incapable of being solved or untangled
innate
ecclesiastic
inextricable
papacy
42. A belief - principle - or teaching
doctrine
theocracy
adept
subsequent
43. Outward demonstration; indication of the presence of something;
manifestation
primogeniture
subsequent
indigenous
44. (n) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
harem
medieval
subsequent
precedent
45. Code of morality
venerate
emulate
ethics
stratify
46. Kept from public knowledge by various means; held back
hastened
suppressed
maritime
pastoral
47. A person who believes in the equality of all people
adept
congregate
classical
egalitarian
48. Related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle
hinterland
pastoral
subordinate
eradicate
49. Castrated males - originally in charge of protection of the ruler's concubines. Eventually had major roles in government - especially in China.
eradicate
doctrine
eunuchs
ecclesiastic
50. Regard with feelings of respect and reverence
doctrine
venerate
subordinate
evangelize
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