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TOEFL Vocab: Global Words
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1. A clergyman or other person in religious orders
congregate
patronage
ecclesiastic
garrison
2. To give up power
lineage
nationalism
theocracy
abdicate
3. Incapable of being avoided or prevented - bound to happen
inevitable
hastened
papacy
theocracy
4. To stop; delay - hinder
primogeniture
maritime
forestalling
congregate
5. A group - usually a small part of a larger group - united around some cause
faction
egalitarian
manifestation
garrison
6. A remote and undeveloped area
scorn
inevitable
hinterland
aristocracy
7. To come together in a group or crowd - assemble
congregate
suppressed
eunuchs
lineage
8. Code of morality
ethics
sedentary
theocracy
lineage
9. Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
medieval
primogeniture
innate
hinterland
10. Otherworldly; mysterious; enigmatic
decadent
mystic
sedentary
innate
11. Philosophy
pastoral
innate
decadent
positivism
12. Preach the gospel (to)
evangelize
faction
patronage
deity
13. Outward demonstration; indication of the presence of something;
scorn
autonomy
conscript
manifestation
14. Control of a product or service by one company
hinterland
forestalling
adherents
monopoly
15. Incapable of being solved or untangled
inextricable
subordinate
hierarchy
inevitable
16. A fortified military post where troops are stationed
hierarchy
abdicate
monopoly
garrison
17. Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
morality
lineage
eradicate
synthesis
18. Very strict in matters of religious or moral conduct
monopoly
puritanical
deity
emulate
19. Any system of persons or things ranked one above another
affiliation
hierarchy
subordinate
concubine
20. Open disrespect for a person or thing - look down on with disdain
scorn
nationalism
uniformity
maritime
21. The ceremony of installing a new monarch
prophesized
investiture
sect
paramount
22. Independence; self-determination - political independence
autonomy
hastened
venerate
primogeniture
23. The most powerful members of a society (some with hereditary titles)
inextricable
aristocracy
inevitable
advent
24. 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
abdicate
deity
ethnocentric
monasticism
25. The official head of the Roman Catholic Church.
ecclesiastic
papacy
ethics
theocracy
26. A person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the those of the Roman Catholic Church
heretic
hinterland
lineage
eunuchs
27. Native to a certain area
monasticism
patronage
harem
indigenous
28. A belief - principle - or teaching
pluralism
manifestation
stratify
doctrine
29. (n) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
status
autonomy
precedent
affiliation
30. Kept from public knowledge by various means; held back
fuse
decadent
hinterland
suppressed
31. A god or goddess
morality
nationalism
deity
investiture
32. To wipe out; to destroy
investiture
eradicate
fuse
patronage
33. Someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
adept
textiles
adherents
sect
34. Centered on a specific ethnic group - usually one's own
investiture
heretic
inevitable
ethnocentric
35. Based on or tracing descent through the male line
garrison
sovereignty
inextricable
patrilineal
36. Having superior power and influence
primogeniture
paramount
suppressed
nationalism
37. Woven materials; cloth
sect
conscript
textiles
indigenous
38. A subdivision of a larger religious group - A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination
abdicate
hinterland
sect
medieval
39. Relating to or associated with an empire
forestalling
imperial
venerate
lineage
40. Arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
eradicate
advent
aristocracy
venerate
41. Of recognized authority or excellence; relating to ancient Greece or Rome
classical
primogeniture
positivism
abdicate
42. A person's condition or position in the eyes of the law; relative rank or standing - especially in society ;prestige
theocracy
hastened
status
maritime
43. Lower in rank or position - secondary; one who is in a lower position or under the orders of someone else;
subordinate
matrilineal
autonomy
fuse
44. Largely inactive - accustomed to sitting
ethics
deity
sedentary
sect
45. Multiple ethnic or religious groups existing in the same area
imperial
scorn
pluralism
subsequent
46. Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant; mix together different elements
doctrine
fuse
positivism
advent
47. A person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions.
pagan
emulate
advent
paramount
48. Belief in government run by religious leaders
hinterland
theocracy
positivism
subsequent
49. Related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle
manifestation
ideology
hinterland
pastoral
50. Someone who is drafted into military service
conscript
precedent
forestalling
hinterland