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TOEFL Vocab: Society

Subjects : toefl, english, vocabulary
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Something left from a long-ago culture - time period - or person






2. Strongest or most common






3. An area or object at the center






4. To choose carefully among options






5. A long story about important events long ago






6. To strengthen






7. Strictness; difficult situations that come from following rules strictly






8. To change for the better






9. To cause to stop for a period; to hang as to allow free movement






10. A pattern or model; a set of assumptions






11. Make something smaller or weaker






12. Large guns that shoot powerful shells; army units that handle such guns






13. Truly doing a job - even if not officially






14. To make something (usually land) part of another unit






15. Leaning unfairly in one direction






16. To consume and incorporate; to become similar






17. Coming back together peacefully after having been enemies






18. General environment or surroundings






19. To put members of a group into motion






20. To act in opposition to; to offer in response






21. As part of a traditional ceremony or habit






22. In the middle of the hardest fighting or work






23. Stop






24. Restricted in outlook; relating to the local parish






25. Harshly; extremely






26. A list - especially of names






27. A takeover by force or continued effort






28. Aggressively entering into someone else's territory






29. To fall down - usually because of weakness






30. A visible trace that something once existed






31. A result - often one much later in time than the cause






32. A system of levels that places people high or low according to their importance






33. Clearly






34. Traditional myths of a people transmitted orally






35. Highly educated






36. In order according to time






37. To put into a many-leveled order - depending on importance or achievement






38. Causing to judge prematurely and unfairly






39. The highest point






40. Frightening and overcontrolled by a government that interferes in nearly every aspect of personal life






41. Say that something is not true






42. Worldly rather than spiritual; not related to religion






43. The courses of study offered by an educational institution






44. To refuse to give in to a strong force or desire






45. The relationship of one number or amount to another






46. To keep down by force; to weigh heavily on






47. To become preserved in clay or stone or ash after death - so that a natural record is left of the original organism; to become rigid and stuck in old ways






48. Loyalty






49. To find an original way to make an object or a plan






50. The act of burning the dead