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TOEFL Vocab: Global Words
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1. A clergyman or other person in religious orders
aristocracy
patronage
monasticism
ecclesiastic
2. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen
subsequent
morality
maritime
forestalling
3. A group - usually a small part of a larger group - united around some cause
faction
hastened
maritime
synthesis
4. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
harem
mortality
precedent
heretic
5. Believers - followers
adept
abdicate
suppressed
adherents
6. Outward demonstration; indication of the presence of something;
sovereignty
egalitarian
manifestation
adept
7. Based on or tracing descent through the male line
patrilineal
secular
decadent
mortality
8. (n) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
precedent
ecclesiastic
aristocracy
abdicate
9. Incapable of being avoided or prevented - bound to happen
hierarchy
inevitable
synthesis
hinterland
10. Sameness; monotony; uniform - the same all over
synthesis
uniformity
monopoly
ecclesiastic
11. Predicted; foretold
innate
ecclesiastic
prophesized
decadent
12. To wipe out; to destroy
egalitarian
faction
eradicate
indigenous
13. The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
patronage
abdicate
pagan
investiture
14. The official head of the Roman Catholic Church.
subsequent
papacy
matrilineal
vigor
15. Related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle
suppressed
pastoral
theocracy
investiture
16. Centered on a specific ethnic group - usually one's own
imperial
concubine
ethnocentric
conscript
17. Incapable of being solved or untangled
inextricable
classical
hierarchy
affiliation
18. Woven materials; cloth
textiles
theocracy
monasticism
lineage
19. Control of a product or service by one company
monopoly
patronage
congregate
primogeniture
20. Decaying or decayed - especially in terms of morals - downfall
mortality
advent
papacy
decadent
21. The body of doctrine - myth - belief - etc. - that guides an individual - social movement - institution - class - or large group.
vigor
primogeniture
ideology
doctrine
22. A god or goddess
autonomy
deity
advent
suppressed
23. A fortified military post where troops are stationed
aristocracy
garrison
congregate
monasticism
24. Code of morality
textiles
ethics
prophesized
indigenous
25. Multiple ethnic or religious groups existing in the same area
pluralism
fealty
status
mortality
26. Any system of persons or things ranked one above another
fealty
precedent
hierarchy
pastoral
27. A person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions.
hierarchy
eradicate
pagan
ethnocentric
28. Independence; self-determination - political independence
sedentary
fealty
autonomy
eradicate
29. Belief in government run by religious leaders
medieval
piety
theocracy
mystic
30. To move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry
faction
pluralism
hastened
monasticism
31. Open disrespect for a person or thing - look down on with disdain
concubine
scorn
matrilineal
garrison
32. Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
fuse
piety
morality
prophesized
33. Faithfulness; allegiance; loyalty
fealty
ideology
subsequent
heretic
34. Kept from public knowledge by various means; held back
decadent
puritanical
eunuchs
suppressed
35. Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant; mix together different elements
fuse
eunuchs
fealty
ecclesiastic
36. Death rate
matrilineal
sedentary
mortality
deity
37. Regard with feelings of respect and reverence
affiliation
venerate
classical
emulate
38. Following in time or order - following - coming after or later
mystic
subsequent
mortality
hierarchy
39. A remote and undeveloped area
hinterland
sect
doctrine
conscript
40. A cruel and oppressive dictator - tyrant
vigor
despot
hinterland
emulate
41. Castrated males - originally in charge of protection of the ruler's concubines. Eventually had major roles in government - especially in China.
precedent
paramount
eunuchs
theocracy
42. Devotion and reverence to God
piety
positivism
forestalling
puritanical
43. The most powerful members of a society (some with hereditary titles)
scorn
harem
uniformity
aristocracy
44. The ceremony of installing a new monarch
prophesized
investiture
maritime
ethnocentric
45. Lower in rank or position - secondary; one who is in a lower position or under the orders of someone else;
subordinate
subsequent
heretic
sect
46. To give up power
suppressed
doctrine
abdicate
adherents
47. Of recognized authority or excellence; relating to ancient Greece or Rome
medieval
scorn
forestalling
classical
48. Arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
subordinate
evangelize
mystic
advent
49. Someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
garrison
patronage
adept
investiture
50. Otherworldly; mysterious; enigmatic
mystic
piety
mortality
status