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TOEFL Vocab: Global Words
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1. Related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle
pastoral
monasticism
medieval
matrilineal
2. Strength - energy
fuse
vigor
ecclesiastic
adept
3. Faithfulness; allegiance; loyalty
matrilineal
patronage
fealty
inextricable
4. The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
paramount
patronage
classical
concubine
5. Code of morality
ethics
abdicate
pagan
decadent
6. Right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son; seniority by birth
paramount
precedent
primogeniture
forestalling
7. Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
eunuchs
uniformity
theocracy
medieval
8. A person who believes in the equality of all people
emulate
egalitarian
secular
advent
9. Following in time or order - following - coming after or later
subsequent
uniformity
despot
ideology
10. Royal authority; supreme power and authority
heretic
sovereignty
affiliation
vigor
11. Very strict in matters of religious or moral conduct
puritanical
manifestation
scorn
eradicate
12. Worldly; not pertaining to church matters or religion
papacy
secular
affiliation
pagan
13. Open disrespect for a person or thing - look down on with disdain
scorn
synthesis
morality
stratify
14. Someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
monopoly
primogeniture
eradicate
adept
15. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen
puritanical
maritime
status
indigenous
16. Arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
advent
vigor
ecclesiastic
sedentary
17. Decaying or decayed - especially in terms of morals - downfall
precedent
secular
decadent
ecclesiastic
18. To stop; delay - hinder
forestalling
maritime
adherents
doctrine
19. Control of a product or service by one company
monopoly
heretic
suppressed
adherents
20. The most powerful members of a society (some with hereditary titles)
affiliation
egalitarian
aristocracy
indigenous
21. Belief in government run by religious leaders
theocracy
maritime
uniformity
hastened
22. Regard with feelings of respect and reverence
maritime
suppressed
venerate
eunuchs
23. Relating to or associated with an empire
congregate
precedent
imperial
paramount
24. A clergyman or other person in religious orders
ecclesiastic
affiliation
subsequent
autonomy
25. To give up power
abdicate
subordinate
emulate
papacy
26. A subdivision of a larger religious group - A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination
hierarchy
inextricable
sect
precedent
27. Relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the mother
despot
matrilineal
eradicate
pluralism
28. A fortified military post where troops are stationed
garrison
suppressed
fealty
piety
29. A group - usually a small part of a larger group - united around some cause
ideology
positivism
faction
adept
30. The act of being formally connected or joined
precedent
pastoral
pluralism
affiliation
31. Devotion and reverence to God
piety
subordinate
harem
pastoral
32. Someone who is drafted into military service
conscript
nationalism
ethics
uniformity
33. Sameness; monotony; uniform - the same all over
uniformity
despot
theocracy
fuse
34. A person's condition or position in the eyes of the law; relative rank or standing - especially in society ;prestige
hastened
egalitarian
adherents
status
35. Mistress
matrilineal
concubine
puritanical
manifestation
36. To wipe out; to destroy
conscript
emulate
nationalism
eradicate
37. Castrated males - originally in charge of protection of the ruler's concubines. Eventually had major roles in government - especially in China.
forestalling
suppressed
puritanical
eunuchs
38. Natural - inborn
stratify
indigenous
innate
pastoral
39. A belief - principle - or teaching
innate
egalitarian
ethnocentric
doctrine
40. Predicted; foretold
prophesized
adherents
precedent
patronage
41. The body of doctrine - myth - belief - etc. - that guides an individual - social movement - institution - class - or large group.
venerate
precedent
matrilineal
ideology
42. 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
monasticism
forestalling
papacy
prophesized
43. To come together in a group or crowd - assemble
congregate
adept
ethics
secular
44. Preach the gospel (to)
forestalling
deity
evangelize
venerate
45. Strive to equal or match - especially by imitating
evangelize
emulate
scorn
forestalling
46. Centered on a specific ethnic group - usually one's own
pluralism
ethnocentric
adherents
egalitarian
47. The combination of parts to make a whole
monasticism
synthesis
sect
garrison
48. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
hastened
harem
autonomy
stratify
49. Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
eradicate
positivism
morality
medieval
50. Of recognized authority or excellence; relating to ancient Greece or Rome
classical
positivism
hastened
doctrine