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TOEFL Vocab: Global Words
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1. To come together in a group or crowd - assemble
despot
congregate
egalitarian
matrilineal
2. Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
hierarchy
paramount
medieval
forestalling
3. Royal authority; supreme power and authority
uniformity
sovereignty
paramount
innate
4. Death rate
despot
mortality
advent
egalitarian
5. Strive to equal or match - especially by imitating
manifestation
primogeniture
emulate
conscript
6. To move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry
uniformity
despot
hastened
eunuchs
7. Code of morality
nationalism
sedentary
ethics
concubine
8. Relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the mother
matrilineal
monasticism
uniformity
eunuchs
9. Devotion and reverence to God
aristocracy
piety
uniformity
pluralism
10. Very strict in matters of religious or moral conduct
hinterland
puritanical
venerate
morality
11. Kept from public knowledge by various means; held back
suppressed
congregate
patronage
medieval
12. Control of a product or service by one company
investiture
monopoly
despot
indigenous
13. Direct descent from a particular ancestor
morality
lineage
despot
mortality
14. Any system of persons or things ranked one above another
adherents
puritanical
despot
hierarchy
15. Native to a certain area
concubine
manifestation
autonomy
indigenous
16. Open disrespect for a person or thing - look down on with disdain
subsequent
scorn
ecclesiastic
textiles
17. Predicted; foretold
prophesized
positivism
synthesis
monopoly
18. Arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
advent
stratify
mortality
scorn
19. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen
maritime
hierarchy
eradicate
advent
20. Worldly; not pertaining to church matters or religion
pastoral
inextricable
hastened
secular
21. (n) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
subordinate
fuse
venerate
precedent
22. A person who believes in the equality of all people
piety
venerate
paramount
egalitarian
23. Incapable of being solved or untangled
ideology
sovereignty
innate
inextricable
24. The most powerful members of a society (some with hereditary titles)
heretic
aristocracy
affiliation
nationalism
25. Mistress
concubine
faction
sovereignty
eradicate
26. Lower in rank or position - secondary; one who is in a lower position or under the orders of someone else;
patrilineal
subordinate
congregate
abdicate
27. Natural - inborn
faction
innate
matrilineal
morality
28. Faithfulness; allegiance; loyalty
prophesized
fealty
nationalism
ethics
29. Based on or tracing descent through the male line
patrilineal
conscript
ecclesiastic
abdicate
30. A belief - principle - or teaching
venerate
subsequent
doctrine
sedentary
31. A subdivision of a larger religious group - A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination
ethics
sect
lineage
inevitable
32. Otherworldly; mysterious; enigmatic
sovereignty
mystic
stratify
puritanical
33. The act of being formally connected or joined
precedent
garrison
maritime
affiliation
34. The official head of the Roman Catholic Church.
eunuchs
conscript
imperial
papacy
35. Divide society into social classes or castes; to arrange in layers
stratify
inextricable
medieval
eradicate
36. Woven materials; cloth
eunuchs
textiles
ecclesiastic
abdicate
37. Regard with feelings of respect and reverence
egalitarian
morality
uniformity
venerate
38. Independence; self-determination - political independence
faction
evangelize
autonomy
patrilineal
39. Centered on a specific ethnic group - usually one's own
ethnocentric
emulate
congregate
morality
40. Sameness; monotony; uniform - the same all over
precedent
forestalling
uniformity
aristocracy
41. Someone who is drafted into military service
conscript
abdicate
innate
lineage
42. A person's condition or position in the eyes of the law; relative rank or standing - especially in society ;prestige
status
forestalling
eradicate
fealty
43. Preach the gospel (to)
evangelize
puritanical
pluralism
advent
44. Right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son; seniority by birth
theocracy
abdicate
subsequent
primogeniture
45. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
affiliation
harem
nationalism
congregate
46. The ceremony of installing a new monarch
ethics
mortality
decadent
investiture
47. Relating to or associated with an empire
imperial
morality
ecclesiastic
subsequent
48. A clergyman or other person in religious orders
patronage
venerate
harem
ecclesiastic
49. A cruel and oppressive dictator - tyrant
morality
hinterland
despot
evangelize
50. Related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle
morality
stratify
mortality
pastoral