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TOEFL Vocab: Society
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Truly doing a job - even if not officially
implicitly
battle
de facto
core
2. To keep down by force; to weigh heavily on
mobilize
milieu
oppress
ritually
3. To put members of a group into motion
de facto
roster
mobilize
core
4. Highly educated
deny
erudite
battle
amend
5. To make something (usually land) part of another unit
resist
annex
invasive
relic
6. To fight against
roster
hierarchy
battle
folklore
7. Strictness; difficult situations that come from following rules strictly
ratio
rigor
oppress
artillery
8. Frightening and overcontrolled by a government that interferes in nearly every aspect of personal life
strategic
Orwellian
annex
apex
9. The relationship of one number or amount to another
ratio
collapse
invasive
Orwellian
10. To find an original way to make an object or a plan
apex
rank
suspend
devise
11. To choose carefully among options
discriminate
burden
erudite
folklore
12. Traditional myths of a people transmitted orally
deny
invasive
consequence
folklore
13. A pattern or model; a set of assumptions
devise
resist
cremation
paradigm
14. The act of burning the dead
longitude
erudite
cremation
amend
15. A system of levels that places people high or low according to their importance
biased
core
hierarchy
discriminate
16. To put into a many-leveled order - depending on importance or achievement
suspend
cease
conquest
rank
17. To cause to stop for a period; to hang as to allow free movement
resist
chronologically
deny
suspend
18. To change for the better
assimilate
cremation
amend
curriculum
19. Strongest or most common
domesticate
prevailing
artillery
counter
20. Stop
parochial
cease
paradigm
apex
21. To act in opposition to; to offer in response
distinctly
allegiance
battle
counter
22. In the middle of the hardest fighting or work
implicitly
in the trenches
ratio
prejudiced
23. Something left from a long-ago culture - time period - or person
rank
ritually
discriminate
relic
24. Restricted in outlook; relating to the local parish
amend
parochial
resist
rite
25. Happen or exist at the same time
cease
deny
annex
coincide
26. The courses of study offered by an educational institution
longitude
artillery
domesticate
curriculum
27. Large guns that shoot powerful shells; army units that handle such guns
burden
notion
apex
artillery
28. To strengthen
chronologically
amend
consequence
fortify
29. An area or object at the center
de facto
rigor
roster
core
30. A list - especially of names
coincide
resist
roster
fossilize
31. A result - often one much later in time than the cause
ritually
consequence
amend
devise
32. A long story about important events long ago
battle
saga
violation
domesticate
33. Aggressively entering into someone else's territory
cremation
devise
relic
invasive
34. An action that breaks a law or agreement; mistreatment of something that deserves respect
devise
violation
deny
fortify
35. A visible trace that something once existed
notion
vestige
longitude
conquest
36. General environment or surroundings
devise
core
milieu
in the trenches
37. Say that something is not true
deny
mobilize
implicitly
prevailing
38. Loyalty
curriculum
allegiance
suspend
vestige
39. Harshly; extremely
curriculum
severely
strategic
collapse
40. Clearly
prejudiced
resist
longitude
distinctly
41. 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
hierarchy
counter
longitude
Orwellian
42. As part of a traditional ceremony or habit
apex
ritually
rigor
curriculum
43. A belief; a fanciful impulse
ratio
discriminate
fossilize
notion
44. A takeover by force or continued effort
rigor
rank
violation
conquest
45. To consume and incorporate; to become similar
assimilate
strategic
longitude
in the trenches
46. Leaning unfairly in one direction
biased
reconciliation
chronologically
oppress
47. Causing to judge prematurely and unfairly
prejudiced
ritually
burden
erudite
48. In order according to time
chronologically
amend
core
assimilate
49. Coming back together peacefully after having been enemies
deny
biased
reconciliation
apex
50. The highest point
apex
prevailing
erudite
diminish