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TOEFL Vocab: Global Words
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1. Belief in government run by religious leaders
pagan
theocracy
affiliation
precedent
2. To wipe out; to destroy
ethnocentric
inextricable
sovereignty
eradicate
3. 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
heretic
monasticism
fuse
uniformity
4. Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
medieval
manifestation
synthesis
fealty
5. Strength - energy
subsequent
ecclesiastic
vigor
classical
6. Control of a product or service by one company
sect
garrison
monopoly
matrilineal
7. The combination of parts to make a whole
papacy
synthesis
matrilineal
sect
8. Relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the mother
imperial
matrilineal
theocracy
monasticism
9. Lower in rank or position - secondary; one who is in a lower position or under the orders of someone else;
uniformity
suppressed
papacy
subordinate
10. Love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it
mortality
synthesis
faction
nationalism
11. The most powerful members of a society (some with hereditary titles)
textiles
mystic
aristocracy
affiliation
12. Native to a certain area
puritanical
hinterland
heretic
indigenous
13. Relating to or associated with an empire
mortality
medieval
imperial
manifestation
14. To come together in a group or crowd - assemble
congregate
egalitarian
indigenous
sedentary
15. The body of doctrine - myth - belief - etc. - that guides an individual - social movement - institution - class - or large group.
ideology
evangelize
morality
eradicate
16. The act of being formally connected or joined
patrilineal
forestalling
affiliation
mystic
17. Based on or tracing descent through the male line
advent
patrilineal
garrison
eunuchs
18. Natural - inborn
ethnocentric
innate
inevitable
maritime
19. Death rate
matrilineal
mortality
secular
pastoral
20. A remote and undeveloped area
hinterland
papacy
venerate
ideology
21. To move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry
puritanical
pluralism
hastened
inextricable
22. Preach the gospel (to)
abdicate
mystic
evangelize
synthesis
23. Incapable of being avoided or prevented - bound to happen
inevitable
indigenous
scorn
harem
24. Decaying or decayed - especially in terms of morals - downfall
egalitarian
decadent
nationalism
patronage
25. A person who believes in the equality of all people
precedent
harem
imperial
egalitarian
26. Outward demonstration; indication of the presence of something;
inevitable
ecclesiastic
classical
manifestation
27. Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant; mix together different elements
harem
fuse
prophesized
mortality
28. Multiple ethnic or religious groups existing in the same area
mortality
harem
pluralism
theocracy
29. Mistress
pastoral
concubine
hinterland
adept
30. Right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son; seniority by birth
suppressed
uniformity
primogeniture
fealty
31. Devotion and reverence to God
piety
monopoly
manifestation
pluralism
32. Kept from public knowledge by various means; held back
forestalling
puritanical
suppressed
patronage
33. Centered on a specific ethnic group - usually one's own
inevitable
papacy
fealty
ethnocentric
34. To give up power
piety
theocracy
mystic
abdicate
35. The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
patronage
adept
ecclesiastic
monasticism
36. Worldly; not pertaining to church matters or religion
matrilineal
advent
manifestation
secular
37. Woven materials; cloth
paramount
fealty
subordinate
textiles
38. A group - usually a small part of a larger group - united around some cause
ethics
harem
classical
faction
39. A belief - principle - or teaching
primogeniture
pluralism
piety
doctrine
40. A cruel and oppressive dictator - tyrant
despot
hastened
decadent
indigenous
41. The official head of the Roman Catholic Church.
adept
primogeniture
fuse
papacy
42. Someone who is drafted into military service
forestalling
papacy
conscript
lineage
43. Otherworldly; mysterious; enigmatic
fuse
conscript
mystic
hinterland
44. Open disrespect for a person or thing - look down on with disdain
scorn
indigenous
imperial
medieval
45. Having superior power and influence
classical
harem
despot
paramount
46. Very strict in matters of religious or moral conduct
prophesized
puritanical
fealty
monasticism
47. Strive to equal or match - especially by imitating
precedent
morality
pagan
emulate
48. Code of morality
manifestation
ethics
ecclesiastic
nationalism
49. Independence; self-determination - political independence
piety
patronage
conscript
autonomy
50. Any system of persons or things ranked one above another
hierarchy
puritanical
pagan
positivism