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TOEFL Vocab: Global Words
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1. To give up power
piety
abdicate
heretic
morality
2. Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
medieval
congregate
synthesis
mystic
3. Worldly; not pertaining to church matters or religion
subordinate
secular
forestalling
heretic
4. Belief in government run by religious leaders
congregate
ethics
imperial
theocracy
5. A belief - principle - or teaching
doctrine
puritanical
eradicate
sovereignty
6. A clergyman or other person in religious orders
inevitable
congregate
ecclesiastic
synthesis
7. The most powerful members of a society (some with hereditary titles)
advent
aristocracy
medieval
adept
8. Natural - inborn
precedent
innate
positivism
mortality
9. Direct descent from a particular ancestor
eunuchs
inevitable
lineage
classical
10. To come together in a group or crowd - assemble
paramount
ecclesiastic
forestalling
congregate
11. The body of doctrine - myth - belief - etc. - that guides an individual - social movement - institution - class - or large group.
doctrine
ideology
autonomy
decadent
12. A person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions.
stratify
status
pagan
indigenous
13. Strive to equal or match - especially by imitating
emulate
papacy
concubine
investiture
14. Having superior power and influence
venerate
paramount
subsequent
affiliation
15. Devotion and reverence to God
heretic
vigor
scorn
piety
16. Based on or tracing descent through the male line
monopoly
adherents
synthesis
patrilineal
17. To wipe out; to destroy
emulate
fuse
eunuchs
eradicate
18. A person who believes in the equality of all people
egalitarian
subordinate
ecclesiastic
medieval
19. Very strict in matters of religious or moral conduct
puritanical
patrilineal
nationalism
precedent
20. Any system of persons or things ranked one above another
hierarchy
monasticism
uniformity
sect
21. A group - usually a small part of a larger group - united around some cause
scorn
puritanical
faction
medieval
22. Of recognized authority or excellence; relating to ancient Greece or Rome
aristocracy
classical
papacy
imperial
23. To stop; delay - hinder
secular
forestalling
inevitable
uniformity
24. Open disrespect for a person or thing - look down on with disdain
scorn
paramount
synthesis
autonomy
25. A person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the those of the Roman Catholic Church
ecclesiastic
imperial
maritime
heretic
26. Predicted; foretold
investiture
matrilineal
vigor
prophesized
27. Mistress
concubine
fealty
pluralism
suppressed
28. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
harem
conscript
pagan
imperial
29. The act of being formally connected or joined
sedentary
positivism
affiliation
primogeniture
30. Control of a product or service by one company
monopoly
morality
status
pluralism
31. A remote and undeveloped area
status
hinterland
lineage
egalitarian
32. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen
maritime
heretic
imperial
monopoly
33. Otherworldly; mysterious; enigmatic
mystic
harem
congregate
concubine
34. (n) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
heretic
monopoly
precedent
prophesized
35. Someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
adept
theocracy
subordinate
hierarchy
36. A fortified military post where troops are stationed
venerate
garrison
despot
monasticism
37. 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
evangelize
monasticism
hinterland
papacy
38. To move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry
hastened
eradicate
deity
hinterland
39. Regard with feelings of respect and reverence
ethnocentric
aristocracy
status
venerate
40. A god or goddess
piety
deity
pluralism
secular
41. Right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son; seniority by birth
puritanical
primogeniture
positivism
sedentary
42. Multiple ethnic or religious groups existing in the same area
fealty
despot
pluralism
hastened
43. The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
hierarchy
adherents
monopoly
patronage
44. Code of morality
affiliation
evangelize
lineage
ethics
45. Death rate
pluralism
mortality
mystic
maritime
46. Royal authority; supreme power and authority
despot
secular
faction
sovereignty
47. Arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
textiles
abdicate
advent
fuse
48. Faithfulness; allegiance; loyalty
investiture
status
uniformity
fealty
49. Philosophy
positivism
manifestation
morality
patrilineal
50. Decaying or decayed - especially in terms of morals - downfall
inextricable
congregate
mortality
decadent