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TOEFL Vocab: Global Words
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1. Multiple ethnic or religious groups existing in the same area
indigenous
abdicate
pluralism
scorn
2. Faithfulness; allegiance; loyalty
eunuchs
fealty
advent
matrilineal
3. Strength - energy
vigor
indigenous
suppressed
monasticism
4. A clergyman or other person in religious orders
piety
textiles
ecclesiastic
despot
5. Following in time or order - following - coming after or later
heretic
subsequent
congregate
garrison
6. To stop; delay - hinder
papacy
hierarchy
faction
forestalling
7. Devotion and reverence to God
piety
mortality
mystic
positivism
8. A fortified military post where troops are stationed
garrison
synthesis
conscript
manifestation
9. To move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry
sect
hastened
emulate
lineage
10. The body of doctrine - myth - belief - etc. - that guides an individual - social movement - institution - class - or large group.
venerate
ideology
faction
emulate
11. To give up power
despot
patronage
puritanical
abdicate
12. A god or goddess
decadent
sect
deity
emulate
13. Believers - followers
autonomy
ethnocentric
adherents
status
14. Code of morality
concubine
patronage
ethics
harem
15. The most powerful members of a society (some with hereditary titles)
adherents
doctrine
emulate
aristocracy
16. Natural - inborn
harem
innate
doctrine
autonomy
17. Worldly; not pertaining to church matters or religion
monopoly
stratify
abdicate
secular
18. To come together in a group or crowd - assemble
congregate
morality
status
patrilineal
19. Someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
sedentary
adherents
adept
ethnocentric
20. Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant; mix together different elements
secular
harem
fuse
conscript
21. Largely inactive - accustomed to sitting
fuse
sedentary
maritime
synthesis
22. A person's condition or position in the eyes of the law; relative rank or standing - especially in society ;prestige
affiliation
status
manifestation
monasticism
23. Native to a certain area
indigenous
subordinate
theocracy
innate
24. Very strict in matters of religious or moral conduct
puritanical
prophesized
heretic
subsequent
25. Control of a product or service by one company
doctrine
patronage
primogeniture
monopoly
26. A remote and undeveloped area
uniformity
sedentary
matrilineal
hinterland
27. A subdivision of a larger religious group - A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination
sect
emulate
subordinate
conscript
28. Predicted; foretold
inevitable
uniformity
faction
prophesized
29. (n) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
stratify
conscript
heretic
precedent
30. The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
decadent
ecclesiastic
patronage
hierarchy
31. Decaying or decayed - especially in terms of morals - downfall
scorn
lineage
concubine
decadent
32. Belief in government run by religious leaders
theocracy
synthesis
subordinate
positivism
33. Castrated males - originally in charge of protection of the ruler's concubines. Eventually had major roles in government - especially in China.
fealty
manifestation
eunuchs
primogeniture
34. Open disrespect for a person or thing - look down on with disdain
adept
scorn
imperial
advent
35. Regard with feelings of respect and reverence
venerate
inevitable
prophesized
ecclesiastic
36. Any system of persons or things ranked one above another
hierarchy
secular
patronage
synthesis
37. Related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle
pastoral
decadent
ecclesiastic
despot
38. Of recognized authority or excellence; relating to ancient Greece or Rome
puritanical
prophesized
textiles
classical
39. To wipe out; to destroy
eradicate
sedentary
autonomy
adherents
40. Right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son; seniority by birth
stratify
primogeniture
heretic
venerate
41. A belief - principle - or teaching
inextricable
piety
doctrine
vigor
42. Outward demonstration; indication of the presence of something;
investiture
advent
adherents
manifestation
43. Kept from public knowledge by various means; held back
primogeniture
affiliation
suppressed
stratify
44. Arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
doctrine
abdicate
advent
pagan
45. Incapable of being avoided or prevented - bound to happen
lineage
inevitable
pastoral
fealty
46. Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
subordinate
medieval
harem
aristocracy
47. Divide society into social classes or castes; to arrange in layers
prophesized
patrilineal
stratify
inextricable
48. Strive to equal or match - especially by imitating
mystic
monasticism
theocracy
emulate
49. The official head of the Roman Catholic Church.
harem
papacy
pluralism
innate
50. Someone who is drafted into military service
conscript
pluralism
doctrine
emulate