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