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TOEFL Vocab: Global Words
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1. The most powerful members of a society (some with hereditary titles)
aristocracy
precedent
puritanical
hinterland
2. Love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it
egalitarian
ethics
nationalism
hierarchy
3. A belief - principle - or teaching
lineage
ethnocentric
doctrine
positivism
4. Someone who is drafted into military service
subordinate
positivism
conscript
egalitarian
5. A way of life in which men and women withdraw from the rest of the world in order to devote themselves to their faith; living life as a monk
monasticism
hinterland
subsequent
scorn
6. Devotion and reverence to God
despot
piety
aristocracy
adherents
7. Belief in government run by religious leaders
theocracy
monopoly
medieval
sedentary
8. Philosophy
theocracy
eradicate
positivism
fealty
9. Multiple ethnic or religious groups existing in the same area
faction
eradicate
pluralism
morality
10. Incapable of being avoided or prevented - bound to happen
aristocracy
decadent
monopoly
inevitable
11. Based on or tracing descent through the male line
primogeniture
patrilineal
hastened
emulate
12. A subdivision of a larger religious group - A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination
stratify
sect
fuse
inevitable
13. Decaying or decayed - especially in terms of morals - downfall
classical
decadent
stratify
abdicate
14. Code of morality
ethics
faction
harem
emulate
15. Faithfulness; allegiance; loyalty
fealty
subordinate
eradicate
hastened
16. Control of a product or service by one company
monopoly
papacy
autonomy
investiture
17. To stop; delay - hinder
forestalling
faction
garrison
aristocracy
18. A person's condition or position in the eyes of the law; relative rank or standing - especially in society ;prestige
pagan
status
hastened
adherents
19. Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
evangelize
puritanical
morality
paramount
20. Regard with feelings of respect and reverence
manifestation
deity
venerate
stratify
21. A group - usually a small part of a larger group - united around some cause
sovereignty
aristocracy
sect
faction
22. To come together in a group or crowd - assemble
congregate
maritime
evangelize
emulate
23. A person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions.
status
conscript
precedent
pagan
24. Strength - energy
despot
hastened
suppressed
vigor
25. The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
mystic
innate
patronage
medieval
26. Sameness; monotony; uniform - the same all over
inevitable
concubine
textiles
uniformity
27. Right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son; seniority by birth
primogeniture
prophesized
inextricable
fuse
28. Of recognized authority or excellence; relating to ancient Greece or Rome
ethnocentric
classical
adept
innate
29. Outward demonstration; indication of the presence of something;
hastened
status
garrison
manifestation
30. Direct descent from a particular ancestor
despot
suppressed
sedentary
lineage
31. Worldly; not pertaining to church matters or religion
ethnocentric
egalitarian
adherents
secular
32. Following in time or order - following - coming after or later
advent
subsequent
imperial
ideology
33. Strive to equal or match - especially by imitating
emulate
uniformity
autonomy
patronage
34. Believers - followers
sedentary
sect
hinterland
adherents
35. The act of being formally connected or joined
classical
eradicate
affiliation
subordinate
36. Castrated males - originally in charge of protection of the ruler's concubines. Eventually had major roles in government - especially in China.
eunuchs
lineage
secular
papacy
37. Natural - inborn
classical
sedentary
stratify
innate
38. Woven materials; cloth
prophesized
textiles
mystic
patronage
39. Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
medieval
advent
concubine
indigenous
40. To move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry
adept
positivism
lineage
hastened
41. The official head of the Roman Catholic Church.
imperial
prophesized
papacy
eunuchs
42. A cruel and oppressive dictator - tyrant
monasticism
fealty
despot
sedentary
43. To give up power
mortality
ethics
abdicate
status
44. A fortified military post where troops are stationed
patronage
garrison
faction
sect
45. A person who believes in the equality of all people
egalitarian
harem
hierarchy
manifestation
46. Divide society into social classes or castes; to arrange in layers
stratify
sect
mystic
ethnocentric
47. Having superior power and influence
ideology
paramount
investiture
nationalism
48. Related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle
hierarchy
pastoral
deity
adherents
49. Predicted; foretold
emulate
adherents
prophesized
aristocracy
50. The ceremony of installing a new monarch
subsequent
pastoral
investiture
doctrine