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TOEFL Vocab: Global Words
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1. Someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
egalitarian
mortality
synthesis
adept
2. Royal authority; supreme power and authority
heretic
sovereignty
venerate
ethics
3. Philosophy
patronage
positivism
sedentary
ideology
4. Lower in rank or position - secondary; one who is in a lower position or under the orders of someone else;
monopoly
harem
autonomy
subordinate
5. Incapable of being avoided or prevented - bound to happen
inevitable
venerate
suppressed
pagan
6. Regard with feelings of respect and reverence
synthesis
subsequent
venerate
concubine
7. A clergyman or other person in religious orders
theocracy
stratify
ecclesiastic
conscript
8. A cruel and oppressive dictator - tyrant
eradicate
synthesis
despot
conscript
9. Faithfulness; allegiance; loyalty
fealty
faction
forestalling
conscript
10. Outward demonstration; indication of the presence of something;
subordinate
egalitarian
emulate
manifestation
11. A fortified military post where troops are stationed
hinterland
innate
fuse
garrison
12. Predicted; foretold
theocracy
investiture
prophesized
hinterland
13. Decaying or decayed - especially in terms of morals - downfall
harem
congregate
inevitable
decadent
14. Direct descent from a particular ancestor
lineage
doctrine
mortality
matrilineal
15. Independence; self-determination - political independence
autonomy
harem
sect
pastoral
16. Castrated males - originally in charge of protection of the ruler's concubines. Eventually had major roles in government - especially in China.
heretic
evangelize
eunuchs
ethics
17. Centered on a specific ethnic group - usually one's own
ethnocentric
pluralism
mortality
subsequent
18. Woven materials; cloth
adept
autonomy
textiles
vigor
19. The act of being formally connected or joined
advent
deity
affiliation
matrilineal
20. Strength - energy
synthesis
puritanical
vigor
harem
21. Arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
sovereignty
advent
garrison
conscript
22. The ceremony of installing a new monarch
pagan
papacy
investiture
ethnocentric
23. Incapable of being solved or untangled
nationalism
fealty
maritime
inextricable
24. Devotion and reverence to God
piety
indigenous
investiture
uniformity
25. Any system of persons or things ranked one above another
pluralism
positivism
mystic
hierarchy
26. Related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle
patronage
sedentary
investiture
pastoral
27. Preach the gospel (to)
ethics
adept
evangelize
precedent
28. Control of a product or service by one company
textiles
maritime
monopoly
hinterland
29. Multiple ethnic or religious groups existing in the same area
faction
pluralism
ethnocentric
prophesized
30. The most powerful members of a society (some with hereditary titles)
patrilineal
aristocracy
doctrine
secular
31. A person who believes in the equality of all people
eunuchs
sovereignty
decadent
egalitarian
32. Native to a certain area
synthesis
vigor
indigenous
egalitarian
33. Sameness; monotony; uniform - the same all over
suppressed
doctrine
pastoral
uniformity
34. The body of doctrine - myth - belief - etc. - that guides an individual - social movement - institution - class - or large group.
pagan
ideology
pluralism
doctrine
35. To stop; delay - hinder
abdicate
forestalling
paramount
papacy
36. Largely inactive - accustomed to sitting
decadent
harem
piety
sedentary
37. The combination of parts to make a whole
morality
doctrine
precedent
synthesis
38. Otherworldly; mysterious; enigmatic
adept
patrilineal
mystic
heretic
39. Based on or tracing descent through the male line
paramount
sedentary
congregate
patrilineal
40. Open disrespect for a person or thing - look down on with disdain
scorn
eradicate
faction
imperial
41. A subdivision of a larger religious group - A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination
manifestation
nationalism
sect
innate
42. Love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it
mortality
adept
nationalism
patrilineal
43. Strive to equal or match - especially by imitating
emulate
sovereignty
paramount
piety
44. The official head of the Roman Catholic Church.
emulate
abdicate
positivism
papacy
45. To give up power
emulate
sovereignty
innate
abdicate
46. The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
hierarchy
patronage
monasticism
maritime
47. To wipe out; to destroy
eradicate
advent
puritanical
forestalling
48. Relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the mother
concubine
hinterland
matrilineal
advent
49. 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
monasticism
fealty
patrilineal
puritanical
50. Belief in government run by religious leaders
pastoral
egalitarian
lineage
theocracy