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TOEFL Vocab: Global Words
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1. To come together in a group or crowd - assemble
congregate
puritanical
forestalling
sedentary
2. Decaying or decayed - especially in terms of morals - downfall
maritime
venerate
matrilineal
decadent
3. A fortified military post where troops are stationed
primogeniture
garrison
medieval
decadent
4. Relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the mother
pluralism
suppressed
positivism
matrilineal
5. Devotion and reverence to God
concubine
piety
morality
emulate
6. Someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
theocracy
decadent
adept
concubine
7. Direct descent from a particular ancestor
venerate
lineage
ideology
evangelize
8. Philosophy
stratify
positivism
adherents
manifestation
9. Very strict in matters of religious or moral conduct
puritanical
egalitarian
precedent
sect
10. Otherworldly; mysterious; enigmatic
mystic
hinterland
fuse
uniformity
11. Lower in rank or position - secondary; one who is in a lower position or under the orders of someone else;
venerate
harem
subordinate
primogeniture
12. Related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle
autonomy
pastoral
textiles
scorn
13. A clergyman or other person in religious orders
heretic
autonomy
ecclesiastic
pluralism
14. To move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry
precedent
uniformity
affiliation
hastened
15. A cruel and oppressive dictator - tyrant
patronage
despot
autonomy
eradicate
16. Strive to equal or match - especially by imitating
emulate
vigor
fealty
sovereignty
17. A god or goddess
prophesized
deity
ecclesiastic
despot
18. A person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions.
stratify
aristocracy
manifestation
pagan
19. Worldly; not pertaining to church matters or religion
secular
advent
venerate
ethnocentric
20. Preach the gospel (to)
evangelize
lineage
patrilineal
harem
21. The combination of parts to make a whole
synthesis
faction
adherents
forestalling
22. To wipe out; to destroy
monasticism
eradicate
investiture
precedent
23. The act of being formally connected or joined
vigor
ecclesiastic
affiliation
fuse
24. Multiple ethnic or religious groups existing in the same area
deity
affiliation
pluralism
scorn
25. The body of doctrine - myth - belief - etc. - that guides an individual - social movement - institution - class - or large group.
manifestation
ideology
concubine
suppressed
26. To give up power
abdicate
eradicate
ethics
classical
27. A group - usually a small part of a larger group - united around some cause
pluralism
forestalling
nationalism
faction
28. Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
scorn
manifestation
precedent
morality
29. Native to a certain area
ethics
despot
medieval
indigenous
30. Incapable of being avoided or prevented - bound to happen
sedentary
inevitable
stratify
adept
31. Having superior power and influence
decadent
sedentary
indigenous
paramount
32. Outward demonstration; indication of the presence of something;
inevitable
advent
hinterland
manifestation
33. A belief - principle - or teaching
ethnocentric
doctrine
monasticism
maritime
34. The most powerful members of a society (some with hereditary titles)
inevitable
ideology
mortality
aristocracy
35. A remote and undeveloped area
ethics
sedentary
ethnocentric
hinterland
36. Open disrespect for a person or thing - look down on with disdain
abdicate
scorn
hierarchy
indigenous
37. Royal authority; supreme power and authority
patronage
pastoral
sovereignty
ethnocentric
38. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen
maritime
harem
hierarchy
imperial
39. The official head of the Roman Catholic Church.
subordinate
manifestation
mystic
papacy
40. Belief in government run by religious leaders
sect
maritime
theocracy
pluralism
41. Woven materials; cloth
textiles
synthesis
prophesized
heretic
42. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
medieval
harem
morality
ecclesiastic
43. Relating to or associated with an empire
mortality
uniformity
imperial
subordinate
44. Right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son; seniority by birth
emulate
inevitable
primogeniture
theocracy
45. Independence; self-determination - political independence
uniformity
investiture
autonomy
imperial
46. A subdivision of a larger religious group - A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination
subordinate
investiture
sect
fealty
47. Death rate
monopoly
maritime
ideology
mortality
48. Based on or tracing descent through the male line
patrilineal
sect
nationalism
egalitarian
49. Predicted; foretold
suppressed
paramount
hastened
prophesized
50. To stop; delay - hinder
imperial
paramount
patrilineal
forestalling