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TOEFL Vocab: Society
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. As part of a traditional ceremony or habit
burden
distinctly
ritually
paradigm
2. Truly doing a job - even if not officially
de facto
vestige
strategic
discriminate
3. Aggressively entering into someone else's territory
invasive
rank
strategic
in the trenches
4. An area or object at the center
rigor
strategic
cremation
core
5. To change for the better
rite
deny
amend
fortify
6. Traditional myths of a people transmitted orally
folklore
consequence
core
allegiance
7. Leaning unfairly in one direction
fortify
biased
allegiance
chronologically
8. 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
longitude
fossilize
rank
milieu
9. To make something suitable for being in a home
de facto
domesticate
hierarchy
mobilize
10. Without being stated; unquestioningly
saga
invasive
violation
implicitly
11. To find an original way to make an object or a plan
invasive
devise
distinctly
secular
12. The act of burning the dead
cease
cremation
folklore
relic
13. To act in opposition to; to offer in response
deny
counter
rank
ritually
14. A ceremony meant to achieve a certain purpose
reconciliation
battle
rite
distinctly
15. In order according to time
diminish
in the trenches
chronologically
rank
16. A list - especially of names
fossilize
invasive
roster
mobilize
17. In the middle of the hardest fighting or work
ritually
in the trenches
parochial
prevailing
18. To fight against
amend
battle
chronologically
annex
19. A pattern or model; a set of assumptions
coincide
oppress
chronologically
paradigm
20. The courses of study offered by an educational institution
curriculum
distinctly
roster
discriminate
21. Large guns that shoot powerful shells; army units that handle such guns
in the trenches
assimilate
conquest
artillery
22. The highest point
Orwellian
apex
prevailing
oppress
23. Worldly rather than spiritual; not related to religion
hierarchy
assimilate
secular
burden
24. To fall down - usually because of weakness
distinctly
amend
collapse
diminish
25. Something that is carried; a source of stress or worry
discriminate
vestige
roster
burden
26. Something left from a long-ago culture - time period - or person
Orwellian
artillery
apex
relic
27. A system of imaginary lines running from north to south along the Earth's surface - where each line is numbered from 0 to 180o west or east
invasive
rank
devise
longitude
28. To put into a many-leveled order - depending on importance or achievement
implicitly
rank
violation
devise
29. To refuse to give in to a strong force or desire
resist
cease
deny
artillery
30. Make something smaller or weaker
diminish
hierarchy
cremation
rite
31. Highly educated
counter
rigor
erudite
paradigm
32. Stop
deny
annex
severely
cease
33. Frightening and overcontrolled by a government that interferes in nearly every aspect of personal life
strategic
roster
Orwellian
ratio
34. An action that breaks a law or agreement; mistreatment of something that deserves respect
battle
notion
domesticate
violation
35. General environment or surroundings
oppress
allegiance
milieu
Orwellian
36. Say that something is not true
deny
chronologically
cremation
devise
37. A system of levels that places people high or low according to their importance
domesticate
coincide
hierarchy
relic
38. A long story about important events long ago
deny
resist
saga
cease
39. A result - often one much later in time than the cause
cease
prejudiced
distinctly
consequence
40. A takeover by force or continued effort
coincide
conquest
biased
longitude
41. Restricted in outlook; relating to the local parish
in the trenches
erudite
battle
parochial
42. Strictness; difficult situations that come from following rules strictly
collapse
secular
rigor
saga
43. To choose carefully among options
coincide
discriminate
prevailing
devise
44. To put members of a group into motion
implicitly
coincide
erudite
mobilize
45. Happen or exist at the same time
relic
Orwellian
coincide
parochial
46. Loyalty
longitude
suspend
fortify
allegiance
47. To make something (usually land) part of another unit
diminish
oppress
notion
annex
48. To strengthen
violation
fortify
invasive
vestige
49. To cause to stop for a period; to hang as to allow free movement
relic
distinctly
fossilize
suspend
50. Strongest or most common
collapse
rite
secular
prevailing