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TOEFL Vocab: Global Words
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1. 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
egalitarian
venerate
status
monasticism
2. Independence; self-determination - political independence
matrilineal
egalitarian
evangelize
autonomy
3. Open disrespect for a person or thing - look down on with disdain
scorn
maritime
doctrine
sovereignty
4. Native to a certain area
doctrine
indigenous
morality
positivism
5. Devotion and reverence to God
imperial
positivism
primogeniture
piety
6. The act of being formally connected or joined
manifestation
scorn
affiliation
deity
7. A cruel and oppressive dictator - tyrant
doctrine
matrilineal
hastened
despot
8. Mistress
subordinate
pastoral
paramount
concubine
9. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
evangelize
precedent
investiture
harem
10. A clergyman or other person in religious orders
aristocracy
secular
ecclesiastic
morality
11. Control of a product or service by one company
monopoly
secular
hastened
subsequent
12. A person's condition or position in the eyes of the law; relative rank or standing - especially in society ;prestige
affiliation
mortality
status
emulate
13. The most powerful members of a society (some with hereditary titles)
classical
aristocracy
abdicate
adept
14. Royal authority; supreme power and authority
faction
aristocracy
sovereignty
conscript
15. A person who believes in the equality of all people
fealty
hierarchy
scorn
egalitarian
16. Divide society into social classes or castes; to arrange in layers
ethnocentric
subordinate
stratify
investiture
17. Otherworldly; mysterious; enigmatic
matrilineal
mystic
manifestation
adherents
18. Sameness; monotony; uniform - the same all over
imperial
investiture
pagan
uniformity
19. Regard with feelings of respect and reverence
patrilineal
mystic
venerate
morality
20. Philosophy
sovereignty
positivism
sedentary
innate
21. (n) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
precedent
inevitable
ethics
hastened
22. Largely inactive - accustomed to sitting
garrison
concubine
subsequent
sedentary
23. Multiple ethnic or religious groups existing in the same area
pluralism
matrilineal
egalitarian
conscript
24. Outward demonstration; indication of the presence of something;
paramount
ethnocentric
secular
manifestation
25. Very strict in matters of religious or moral conduct
uniformity
indigenous
morality
puritanical
26. A god or goddess
deity
eradicate
ecclesiastic
monopoly
27. A subdivision of a larger religious group - A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination
primogeniture
sect
concubine
doctrine
28. Centered on a specific ethnic group - usually one's own
advent
faction
fealty
ethnocentric
29. Someone who is drafted into military service
ecclesiastic
conscript
inevitable
subordinate
30. The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
sedentary
paramount
patronage
ethnocentric
31. The ceremony of installing a new monarch
hierarchy
investiture
pluralism
matrilineal
32. Relating to or associated with an empire
imperial
classical
doctrine
abdicate
33. Love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it
nationalism
primogeniture
adept
despot
34. Preach the gospel (to)
textiles
ecclesiastic
evangelize
classical
35. A belief - principle - or teaching
hinterland
precedent
doctrine
morality
36. Lower in rank or position - secondary; one who is in a lower position or under the orders of someone else;
classical
eradicate
forestalling
subordinate
37. Someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
innate
textiles
fuse
adept
38. Strive to equal or match - especially by imitating
classical
hierarchy
emulate
eunuchs
39. Decaying or decayed - especially in terms of morals - downfall
decadent
fuse
monasticism
concubine
40. A fortified military post where troops are stationed
suppressed
papacy
garrison
maritime
41. Faithfulness; allegiance; loyalty
fealty
pagan
egalitarian
imperial
42. Strength - energy
vigor
sedentary
puritanical
inextricable
43. A person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the those of the Roman Catholic Church
emulate
heretic
ecclesiastic
egalitarian
44. To come together in a group or crowd - assemble
investiture
congregate
precedent
eunuchs
45. A group - usually a small part of a larger group - united around some cause
garrison
status
evangelize
faction
46. Relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the mother
abdicate
matrilineal
patronage
morality
47. Based on or tracing descent through the male line
patrilineal
ecclesiastic
hierarchy
monasticism
48. Death rate
mystic
mortality
positivism
maritime
49. A remote and undeveloped area
hinterland
emulate
abdicate
subsequent
50. Worldly; not pertaining to church matters or religion
monopoly
puritanical
secular
synthesis
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