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TOEFL Vocab: Global Words
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1. Sameness; monotony; uniform - the same all over
secular
fuse
congregate
uniformity
2. Control of a product or service by one company
pastoral
scorn
papacy
monopoly
3. Woven materials; cloth
vigor
hastened
textiles
primogeniture
4. The body of doctrine - myth - belief - etc. - that guides an individual - social movement - institution - class - or large group.
inevitable
aristocracy
ideology
mystic
5. A person's condition or position in the eyes of the law; relative rank or standing - especially in society ;prestige
garrison
status
fuse
sect
6. Very strict in matters of religious or moral conduct
faction
stratify
piety
puritanical
7. Strive to equal or match - especially by imitating
paramount
primogeniture
ecclesiastic
emulate
8. Devotion and reverence to God
piety
pagan
indigenous
secular
9. The ceremony of installing a new monarch
indigenous
monasticism
investiture
affiliation
10. A god or goddess
subordinate
forestalling
deity
innate
11. Following in time or order - following - coming after or later
ideology
eunuchs
subsequent
mortality
12. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen
egalitarian
stratify
maritime
evangelize
13. 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
doctrine
theocracy
precedent
monasticism
14. Philosophy
congregate
classical
synthesis
positivism
15. Love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it
garrison
nationalism
patrilineal
morality
16. To give up power
doctrine
abdicate
eradicate
pagan
17. Arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
papacy
advent
status
evangelize
18. The official head of the Roman Catholic Church.
adherents
medieval
papacy
ecclesiastic
19. Predicted; foretold
theocracy
decadent
prophesized
hierarchy
20. To stop; delay - hinder
textiles
forestalling
ethnocentric
patronage
21. Native to a certain area
pagan
indigenous
matrilineal
venerate
22. Castrated males - originally in charge of protection of the ruler's concubines. Eventually had major roles in government - especially in China.
pagan
suppressed
eunuchs
heretic
23. Mistress
forestalling
ideology
concubine
decadent
24. To come together in a group or crowd - assemble
sect
congregate
inevitable
subordinate
25. Decaying or decayed - especially in terms of morals - downfall
ethics
congregate
fuse
decadent
26. Belief in government run by religious leaders
theocracy
status
congregate
affiliation
27. A belief - principle - or teaching
matrilineal
egalitarian
deity
doctrine
28. Right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son; seniority by birth
puritanical
primogeniture
manifestation
sedentary
29. To wipe out; to destroy
matrilineal
eunuchs
eradicate
hierarchy
30. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
paramount
scorn
aristocracy
harem
31. The most powerful members of a society (some with hereditary titles)
aristocracy
forestalling
subsequent
decadent
32. A subdivision of a larger religious group - A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination
sect
despot
pastoral
fuse
33. A fortified military post where troops are stationed
ecclesiastic
papacy
garrison
ethics
34. A group - usually a small part of a larger group - united around some cause
faction
abdicate
sedentary
pastoral
35. Independence; self-determination - political independence
suppressed
autonomy
subsequent
uniformity
36. Open disrespect for a person or thing - look down on with disdain
subsequent
scorn
precedent
eradicate
37. The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
uniformity
adept
emulate
patronage
38. Divide society into social classes or castes; to arrange in layers
stratify
emulate
fuse
theocracy
39. Faithfulness; allegiance; loyalty
status
fealty
scorn
conscript
40. Royal authority; supreme power and authority
sovereignty
stratify
inextricable
eunuchs
41. Death rate
primogeniture
mortality
adept
theocracy
42. Largely inactive - accustomed to sitting
medieval
investiture
indigenous
sedentary
43. Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
medieval
imperial
positivism
hinterland
44. Relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the mother
garrison
matrilineal
doctrine
abdicate
45. Natural - inborn
aristocracy
innate
fuse
secular
46. Kept from public knowledge by various means; held back
prophesized
adept
morality
suppressed
47. Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant; mix together different elements
medieval
classical
suppressed
fuse
48. Lower in rank or position - secondary; one who is in a lower position or under the orders of someone else;
imperial
subordinate
mystic
venerate
49. Related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle
forestalling
puritanical
ideology
pastoral
50. A person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the those of the Roman Catholic Church
heretic
monasticism
doctrine
lineage