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