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TOEFL Vocab: Global Words
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1. A person's condition or position in the eyes of the law; relative rank or standing - especially in society ;prestige
decadent
status
monasticism
indigenous
2. A cruel and oppressive dictator - tyrant
pluralism
prophesized
despot
scorn
3. Relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the mother
textiles
inextricable
abdicate
matrilineal
4. Regard with feelings of respect and reverence
venerate
sedentary
conscript
heretic
5. The combination of parts to make a whole
sedentary
pagan
pastoral
synthesis
6. Based on or tracing descent through the male line
medieval
patrilineal
hastened
decadent
7. The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
morality
secular
papacy
patronage
8. The most powerful members of a society (some with hereditary titles)
aristocracy
hierarchy
abdicate
precedent
9. Having superior power and influence
paramount
mystic
sedentary
secular
10. Royal authority; supreme power and authority
mortality
sovereignty
subsequent
piety
11. Right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son; seniority by birth
hinterland
primogeniture
manifestation
inextricable
12. The ceremony of installing a new monarch
puritanical
investiture
classical
inextricable
13. Following in time or order - following - coming after or later
hierarchy
faction
subsequent
status
14. A god or goddess
deity
mortality
congregate
suppressed
15. Mistress
stratify
mystic
scorn
concubine
16. Any system of persons or things ranked one above another
scorn
positivism
precedent
hierarchy
17. Largely inactive - accustomed to sitting
hierarchy
puritanical
sedentary
ecclesiastic
18. To come together in a group or crowd - assemble
venerate
congregate
garrison
evangelize
19. Devotion and reverence to God
eradicate
decadent
stratify
piety
20. Castrated males - originally in charge of protection of the ruler's concubines. Eventually had major roles in government - especially in China.
eunuchs
faction
piety
textiles
21. A fortified military post where troops are stationed
innate
fealty
secular
garrison
22. Worldly; not pertaining to church matters or religion
papacy
sect
secular
mortality
23. Of recognized authority or excellence; relating to ancient Greece or Rome
investiture
pastoral
classical
ethics
24. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
nationalism
harem
heretic
morality
25. Strive to equal or match - especially by imitating
textiles
emulate
fealty
sovereignty
26. To give up power
abdicate
sedentary
ethnocentric
vigor
27. Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant; mix together different elements
hastened
affiliation
fuse
conscript
28. A person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions.
sovereignty
monopoly
inevitable
pagan
29. Control of a product or service by one company
sedentary
prophesized
monopoly
ecclesiastic
30. The act of being formally connected or joined
suppressed
affiliation
advent
pluralism
31. Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
adherents
vigor
ethnocentric
medieval
32. Code of morality
manifestation
suppressed
ethics
deity
33. Predicted; foretold
investiture
theocracy
prophesized
faction
34. Believers - followers
theocracy
adherents
ethnocentric
scorn
35. Related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle
inevitable
pastoral
ideology
positivism
36. A subdivision of a larger religious group - A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination
eradicate
status
sect
emulate
37. Someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
pastoral
matrilineal
ideology
adept
38. Centered on a specific ethnic group - usually one's own
patronage
ethnocentric
ideology
emulate
39. Strength - energy
vigor
theocracy
lineage
conscript
40. Otherworldly; mysterious; enigmatic
mystic
monasticism
sect
deity
41. Multiple ethnic or religious groups existing in the same area
patrilineal
patronage
pluralism
affiliation
42. Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
primogeniture
medieval
innate
morality
43. Lower in rank or position - secondary; one who is in a lower position or under the orders of someone else;
sedentary
garrison
ideology
subordinate
44. Kept from public knowledge by various means; held back
suppressed
fuse
emulate
piety
45. Very strict in matters of religious or moral conduct
puritanical
emulate
advent
sect
46. Decaying or decayed - especially in terms of morals - downfall
puritanical
evangelize
advent
decadent
47. Belief in government run by religious leaders
imperial
theocracy
paramount
venerate
48. Faithfulness; allegiance; loyalty
eunuchs
fealty
suppressed
pluralism
49. Open disrespect for a person or thing - look down on with disdain
classical
scorn
stratify
vigor
50. Direct descent from a particular ancestor
affiliation
aristocracy
lineage
positivism
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