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TOEFL Vocab: Global Words
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1. The body of doctrine - myth - belief - etc. - that guides an individual - social movement - institution - class - or large group.
venerate
adept
ideology
forestalling
2. Based on or tracing descent through the male line
patrilineal
suppressed
heretic
pagan
3. Independence; self-determination - political independence
autonomy
status
matrilineal
ethics
4. A cruel and oppressive dictator - tyrant
primogeniture
despot
mortality
inextricable
5. Predicted; foretold
manifestation
imperial
fealty
prophesized
6. Open disrespect for a person or thing - look down on with disdain
patronage
scorn
egalitarian
positivism
7. Philosophy
forestalling
positivism
nationalism
pagan
8. Related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle
pastoral
scorn
doctrine
fealty
9. To wipe out; to destroy
maritime
patrilineal
forestalling
eradicate
10. Believers - followers
suppressed
puritanical
maritime
adherents
11. Sameness; monotony; uniform - the same all over
vigor
emulate
puritanical
uniformity
12. Regard with feelings of respect and reverence
venerate
garrison
ethnocentric
adherents
13. Code of morality
ethics
classical
paramount
sedentary
14. Native to a certain area
affiliation
indigenous
eunuchs
autonomy
15. Worldly; not pertaining to church matters or religion
patrilineal
secular
aristocracy
decadent
16. A god or goddess
monopoly
emulate
deity
subsequent
17. A remote and undeveloped area
venerate
paramount
despot
hinterland
18. Multiple ethnic or religious groups existing in the same area
sovereignty
pluralism
sect
secular
19. Centered on a specific ethnic group - usually one's own
ethnocentric
ideology
monopoly
imperial
20. Lower in rank or position - secondary; one who is in a lower position or under the orders of someone else;
matrilineal
nationalism
subordinate
status
21. Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
inextricable
congregate
medieval
ethics
22. Someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
stratify
adept
precedent
mystic
23. Incapable of being solved or untangled
affiliation
inextricable
fealty
suppressed
24. Mistress
despot
patronage
ecclesiastic
concubine
25. Right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son; seniority by birth
investiture
scorn
primogeniture
deity
26. To give up power
inevitable
autonomy
abdicate
harem
27. Decaying or decayed - especially in terms of morals - downfall
decadent
secular
innate
subordinate
28. Devotion and reverence to God
maritime
papacy
autonomy
piety
29. Death rate
mortality
manifestation
inevitable
ethnocentric
30. Any system of persons or things ranked one above another
paramount
scorn
concubine
hierarchy
31. Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
morality
abdicate
eunuchs
synthesis
32. Direct descent from a particular ancestor
patronage
lineage
papacy
decadent
33. Strength - energy
ecclesiastic
innate
nationalism
vigor
34. To move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry
doctrine
hastened
stratify
decadent
35. Royal authority; supreme power and authority
mortality
advent
despot
sovereignty
36. The most powerful members of a society (some with hereditary titles)
vigor
aristocracy
heretic
evangelize
37. Largely inactive - accustomed to sitting
sedentary
status
despot
egalitarian
38. A person who believes in the equality of all people
positivism
theocracy
egalitarian
garrison
39. Woven materials; cloth
textiles
pagan
ecclesiastic
mystic
40. Someone who is drafted into military service
ethnocentric
prophesized
scorn
conscript
41. (n) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
precedent
concubine
inextricable
adherents
42. Control of a product or service by one company
monopoly
innate
uniformity
deity
43. Relating to or associated with an empire
imperial
ethics
harem
medieval
44. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
patronage
congregate
harem
forestalling
45. Strive to equal or match - especially by imitating
ecclesiastic
emulate
egalitarian
evangelize
46. Divide society into social classes or castes; to arrange in layers
stratify
indigenous
mystic
sect
47. A person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the those of the Roman Catholic Church
heretic
uniformity
egalitarian
secular
48. Relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the mother
hastened
matrilineal
concubine
sovereignty
49. A subdivision of a larger religious group - A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination
conscript
sect
secular
piety
50. A clergyman or other person in religious orders
ecclesiastic
abdicate
egalitarian
faction