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