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TOEFL Vocab: Global Words
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1. Open disrespect for a person or thing - look down on with disdain
sedentary
papacy
prophesized
scorn
2. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
conscript
harem
investiture
fuse
3. Woven materials; cloth
textiles
deity
classical
fuse
4. The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
patronage
patrilineal
congregate
inevitable
5. A clergyman or other person in religious orders
status
hinterland
ecclesiastic
mystic
6. Independence; self-determination - political independence
ethics
patronage
pluralism
autonomy
7. Someone who is drafted into military service
conscript
suppressed
lineage
pagan
8. A belief - principle - or teaching
patrilineal
uniformity
heretic
doctrine
9. Incapable of being solved or untangled
adherents
piety
inextricable
investiture
10. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen
manifestation
eradicate
sedentary
maritime
11. Worldly; not pertaining to church matters or religion
medieval
subsequent
secular
ethnocentric
12. Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant; mix together different elements
ethnocentric
fuse
monopoly
sect
13. Right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son; seniority by birth
nationalism
primogeniture
eradicate
egalitarian
14. Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
morality
aristocracy
monopoly
innate
15. Code of morality
monasticism
ethics
eunuchs
faction
16. Of recognized authority or excellence; relating to ancient Greece or Rome
hastened
classical
precedent
monopoly
17. Divide society into social classes or castes; to arrange in layers
precedent
medieval
stratify
pluralism
18. Regard with feelings of respect and reverence
monopoly
theocracy
venerate
pluralism
19. Lower in rank or position - secondary; one who is in a lower position or under the orders of someone else;
eradicate
congregate
hinterland
subordinate
20. Relating to or associated with an empire
imperial
synthesis
mortality
evangelize
21. Related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle
pluralism
advent
suppressed
pastoral
22. Native to a certain area
mortality
pagan
indigenous
ethnocentric
23. To come together in a group or crowd - assemble
congregate
subordinate
conscript
indigenous
24. Preach the gospel (to)
evangelize
stratify
subsequent
inextricable
25. Outward demonstration; indication of the presence of something;
congregate
pastoral
conscript
manifestation
26. Death rate
affiliation
patrilineal
mortality
manifestation
27. Based on or tracing descent through the male line
patrilineal
despot
harem
concubine
28. To wipe out; to destroy
suppressed
eradicate
subsequent
egalitarian
29. Centered on a specific ethnic group - usually one's own
ethnocentric
patronage
hastened
prophesized
30. Love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it
nationalism
decadent
matrilineal
theocracy
31. Devotion and reverence to God
piety
aristocracy
prophesized
theocracy
32. A remote and undeveloped area
sedentary
hinterland
hastened
subordinate
33. Strive to equal or match - especially by imitating
conscript
suppressed
emulate
forestalling
34. Arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
advent
adept
patronage
classical
35. Multiple ethnic or religious groups existing in the same area
secular
uniformity
pluralism
matrilineal
36. Control of a product or service by one company
aristocracy
status
monasticism
monopoly
37. Royal authority; supreme power and authority
paramount
advent
scorn
sovereignty
38. Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
heretic
medieval
investiture
innate
39. A person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the those of the Roman Catholic Church
abdicate
heretic
primogeniture
suppressed
40. The most powerful members of a society (some with hereditary titles)
primogeniture
papacy
paramount
aristocracy
41. Very strict in matters of religious or moral conduct
despot
puritanical
garrison
morality
42. A god or goddess
deity
secular
puritanical
innate
43. Sameness; monotony; uniform - the same all over
pastoral
prophesized
ecclesiastic
uniformity
44. Following in time or order - following - coming after or later
inevitable
garrison
subsequent
morality
45. A group - usually a small part of a larger group - united around some cause
stratify
faction
doctrine
vigor
46. The combination of parts to make a whole
precedent
inextricable
sect
synthesis
47. A cruel and oppressive dictator - tyrant
imperial
advent
despot
suppressed
48. To move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry
hastened
monasticism
patronage
venerate
49. The act of being formally connected or joined
affiliation
maritime
stratify
indigenous
50. The official head of the Roman Catholic Church.
concubine
papacy
matrilineal
innate
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