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TOEFL Vocab: Global Words
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1. A fortified military post where troops are stationed
scorn
hinterland
suppressed
garrison
2. (n) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
adept
precedent
abdicate
maritime
3. A remote and undeveloped area
hinterland
imperial
maritime
stratify
4. Strive to equal or match - especially by imitating
papacy
emulate
maritime
abdicate
5. A person who believes in the equality of all people
harem
maritime
textiles
egalitarian
6. Predicted; foretold
prophesized
secular
maritime
piety
7. Arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
advent
pluralism
inevitable
evangelize
8. To wipe out; to destroy
morality
pastoral
scorn
eradicate
9. A clergyman or other person in religious orders
eradicate
status
hastened
ecclesiastic
10. Woven materials; cloth
conscript
sovereignty
textiles
concubine
11. Very strict in matters of religious or moral conduct
harem
inevitable
puritanical
sedentary
12. Multiple ethnic or religious groups existing in the same area
uniformity
ecclesiastic
eradicate
pluralism
13. Native to a certain area
forestalling
indigenous
nationalism
harem
14. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
conscript
forestalling
aristocracy
harem
15. A person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions.
venerate
prophesized
pagan
decadent
16. A belief - principle - or teaching
investiture
pastoral
pagan
doctrine
17. The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
innate
faction
patronage
indigenous
18. Of recognized authority or excellence; relating to ancient Greece or Rome
classical
fuse
innate
matrilineal
19. A group - usually a small part of a larger group - united around some cause
faction
uniformity
hinterland
papacy
20. Following in time or order - following - coming after or later
pastoral
medieval
adherents
subsequent
21. Someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
adept
hastened
prophesized
mortality
22. Related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle
despot
autonomy
pastoral
secular
23. A subdivision of a larger religious group - A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination
papacy
medieval
sect
emulate
24. Natural - inborn
textiles
innate
hinterland
pastoral
25. Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant; mix together different elements
imperial
fuse
adherents
primogeniture
26. Faithfulness; allegiance; loyalty
morality
fealty
advent
forestalling
27. Castrated males - originally in charge of protection of the ruler's concubines. Eventually had major roles in government - especially in China.
egalitarian
precedent
doctrine
eunuchs
28. Centered on a specific ethnic group - usually one's own
ethnocentric
hinterland
puritanical
uniformity
29. Otherworldly; mysterious; enigmatic
despot
mystic
concubine
decadent
30. Open disrespect for a person or thing - look down on with disdain
conscript
scorn
indigenous
imperial
31. Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
morality
investiture
congregate
despot
32. A person's condition or position in the eyes of the law; relative rank or standing - especially in society ;prestige
congregate
affiliation
status
monasticism
33. Relating to or associated with an empire
monasticism
imperial
positivism
heretic
34. Outward demonstration; indication of the presence of something;
manifestation
medieval
vigor
subsequent
35. Kept from public knowledge by various means; held back
heretic
forestalling
advent
suppressed
36. Right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son; seniority by birth
manifestation
pagan
despot
primogeniture
37. Death rate
mortality
fealty
theocracy
eradicate
38. Regard with feelings of respect and reverence
investiture
fealty
venerate
manifestation
39. Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
despot
aristocracy
egalitarian
medieval
40. 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
classical
despot
status
monasticism
41. Direct descent from a particular ancestor
ideology
abdicate
lineage
stratify
42. Worldly; not pertaining to church matters or religion
theocracy
despot
secular
doctrine
43. Independence; self-determination - political independence
pastoral
autonomy
subordinate
prophesized
44. Believers - followers
ethics
positivism
suppressed
adherents
45. A cruel and oppressive dictator - tyrant
pluralism
medieval
mystic
despot
46. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen
inevitable
hastened
sedentary
maritime
47. Philosophy
decadent
emulate
positivism
mortality
48. Code of morality
vigor
ethics
imperial
deity
49. Incapable of being avoided or prevented - bound to happen
papacy
ecclesiastic
inevitable
doctrine
50. Love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it
decadent
innate
venerate
nationalism