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TOEFL Vocab: Global Words
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1. Relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the mother
pastoral
matrilineal
prophesized
maritime
2. Natural - inborn
adept
lineage
primogeniture
innate
3. Native to a certain area
pastoral
investiture
ethnocentric
indigenous
4. Worldly; not pertaining to church matters or religion
forestalling
secular
sovereignty
evangelize
5. Incapable of being solved or untangled
inextricable
morality
investiture
pluralism
6. Open disrespect for a person or thing - look down on with disdain
manifestation
harem
sovereignty
scorn
7. A person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the those of the Roman Catholic Church
heretic
positivism
prophesized
inevitable
8. Any system of persons or things ranked one above another
hierarchy
deity
doctrine
fuse
9. Otherworldly; mysterious; enigmatic
eradicate
mystic
matrilineal
forestalling
10. Related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle
concubine
paramount
despot
pastoral
11. Code of morality
investiture
mystic
positivism
ethics
12. Right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son; seniority by birth
prophesized
sect
ecclesiastic
primogeniture
13. Decaying or decayed - especially in terms of morals - downfall
medieval
decadent
theocracy
garrison
14. Independence; self-determination - political independence
adept
autonomy
hierarchy
advent
15. Mistress
concubine
stratify
egalitarian
suppressed
16. Royal authority; supreme power and authority
ideology
nationalism
pluralism
sovereignty
17. The combination of parts to make a whole
decadent
synthesis
maritime
morality
18. Philosophy
indigenous
stratify
subordinate
positivism
19. Of recognized authority or excellence; relating to ancient Greece or Rome
vigor
primogeniture
patrilineal
classical
20. A remote and undeveloped area
despot
faction
egalitarian
hinterland
21. The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
patronage
matrilineal
inevitable
pagan
22. Lower in rank or position - secondary; one who is in a lower position or under the orders of someone else;
positivism
subordinate
vigor
ethnocentric
23. The official head of the Roman Catholic Church.
pagan
papacy
uniformity
monopoly
24. Divide society into social classes or castes; to arrange in layers
conscript
aristocracy
stratify
imperial
25. (n) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
lineage
precedent
synthesis
eunuchs
26. A subdivision of a larger religious group - A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination
scorn
sect
evangelize
papacy
27. Kept from public knowledge by various means; held back
stratify
suppressed
lineage
autonomy
28. Control of a product or service by one company
maritime
ethnocentric
monopoly
innate
29. Outward demonstration; indication of the presence of something;
inextricable
uniformity
morality
manifestation
30. Centered on a specific ethnic group - usually one's own
investiture
concubine
ethnocentric
eradicate
31. Someone who is drafted into military service
egalitarian
indigenous
conscript
fealty
32. A person's condition or position in the eyes of the law; relative rank or standing - especially in society ;prestige
status
fuse
maritime
lineage
33. Death rate
deity
paramount
mortality
eunuchs
34. Belief in government run by religious leaders
inevitable
adept
precedent
theocracy
35. Faithfulness; allegiance; loyalty
fealty
imperial
lineage
indigenous
36. Woven materials; cloth
textiles
emulate
theocracy
investiture
37. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
sedentary
abdicate
investiture
harem
38. To wipe out; to destroy
lineage
scorn
eradicate
monasticism
39. Devotion and reverence to God
decadent
manifestation
piety
garrison
40. A clergyman or other person in religious orders
piety
pastoral
ecclesiastic
faction
41. Regard with feelings of respect and reverence
venerate
forestalling
ideology
innate
42. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen
lineage
medieval
maritime
egalitarian
43. 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
textiles
monasticism
deity
pluralism
44. Direct descent from a particular ancestor
lineage
ethnocentric
abdicate
uniformity
45. A person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions.
scorn
inextricable
pagan
pastoral
46. To move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry
paramount
inevitable
positivism
hastened
47. Incapable of being avoided or prevented - bound to happen
eunuchs
garrison
secular
inevitable
48. Largely inactive - accustomed to sitting
inevitable
sedentary
secular
piety
49. A fortified military post where troops are stationed
hierarchy
ethics
sovereignty
garrison
50. The most powerful members of a society (some with hereditary titles)
piety
vigor
aristocracy
conscript