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TOEFL Vocab: Global Words
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1. Largely inactive - accustomed to sitting
concubine
sedentary
sect
eradicate
2. Philosophy
emulate
positivism
decadent
synthesis
3. (n) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
textiles
concubine
precedent
forestalling
4. To give up power
classical
positivism
abdicate
manifestation
5. 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
pagan
ideology
mystic
monasticism
6. Native to a certain area
eunuchs
indigenous
faction
piety
7. Natural - inborn
egalitarian
ecclesiastic
forestalling
innate
8. Devotion and reverence to God
secular
suppressed
fealty
piety
9. A person's condition or position in the eyes of the law; relative rank or standing - especially in society ;prestige
pagan
status
piety
emulate
10. Divide society into social classes or castes; to arrange in layers
mortality
pluralism
precedent
stratify
11. Castrated males - originally in charge of protection of the ruler's concubines. Eventually had major roles in government - especially in China.
synthesis
egalitarian
eunuchs
innate
12. The most powerful members of a society (some with hereditary titles)
egalitarian
fealty
aristocracy
synthesis
13. A subdivision of a larger religious group - A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination
papacy
ecclesiastic
eunuchs
sect
14. The official head of the Roman Catholic Church.
hierarchy
papacy
monasticism
secular
15. To come together in a group or crowd - assemble
congregate
maritime
decadent
primogeniture
16. Someone who is drafted into military service
patrilineal
conscript
pagan
monopoly
17. Decaying or decayed - especially in terms of morals - downfall
venerate
decadent
hierarchy
vigor
18. Direct descent from a particular ancestor
egalitarian
lineage
investiture
forestalling
19. A person who believes in the equality of all people
suppressed
investiture
egalitarian
subordinate
20. Sameness; monotony; uniform - the same all over
uniformity
vigor
puritanical
subordinate
21. Outward demonstration; indication of the presence of something;
synthesis
indigenous
manifestation
forestalling
22. Mistress
evangelize
lineage
concubine
vigor
23. Strength - energy
sovereignty
inextricable
eunuchs
vigor
24. Otherworldly; mysterious; enigmatic
mystic
concubine
adherents
congregate
25. A belief - principle - or teaching
precedent
egalitarian
doctrine
fealty
26. Very strict in matters of religious or moral conduct
puritanical
stratify
subsequent
monasticism
27. A group - usually a small part of a larger group - united around some cause
adept
faction
emulate
ideology
28. A fortified military post where troops are stationed
hastened
synthesis
garrison
subordinate
29. Lower in rank or position - secondary; one who is in a lower position or under the orders of someone else;
subordinate
ethnocentric
inextricable
textiles
30. Incapable of being avoided or prevented - bound to happen
suppressed
abdicate
congregate
inevitable
31. Independence; self-determination - political independence
autonomy
patrilineal
advent
suppressed
32. To wipe out; to destroy
positivism
patrilineal
emulate
eradicate
33. The act of being formally connected or joined
eunuchs
affiliation
venerate
inevitable
34. Royal authority; supreme power and authority
evangelize
sovereignty
ecclesiastic
inextricable
35. Following in time or order - following - coming after or later
subsequent
paramount
positivism
venerate
36. Regard with feelings of respect and reverence
puritanical
paramount
venerate
nationalism
37. Strive to equal or match - especially by imitating
emulate
synthesis
harem
inevitable
38. To stop; delay - hinder
deity
indigenous
forestalling
puritanical
39. The body of doctrine - myth - belief - etc. - that guides an individual - social movement - institution - class - or large group.
mystic
ideology
hastened
congregate
40. Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
sect
medieval
theocracy
advent
41. Relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the mother
sect
garrison
matrilineal
suppressed
42. Faithfulness; allegiance; loyalty
lineage
sect
subsequent
fealty
43. Kept from public knowledge by various means; held back
pagan
morality
suppressed
inevitable
44. Code of morality
congregate
ethics
doctrine
positivism
45. Based on or tracing descent through the male line
patrilineal
morality
abdicate
evangelize
46. A remote and undeveloped area
inextricable
hinterland
textiles
nationalism
47. Worldly; not pertaining to church matters or religion
morality
precedent
secular
scorn
48. Control of a product or service by one company
eradicate
papacy
deity
monopoly
49. A god or goddess
scorn
sedentary
lineage
deity
50. Someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
concubine
adept
congregate
status