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TOEFL Vocab: Global Words
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1. Open disrespect for a person or thing - look down on with disdain
mystic
scorn
doctrine
heretic
2. Outward demonstration; indication of the presence of something;
manifestation
congregate
evangelize
classical
3. Someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
autonomy
ecclesiastic
adept
uniformity
4. Believers - followers
hinterland
adherents
synthesis
stratify
5. The ceremony of installing a new monarch
investiture
secular
suppressed
pluralism
6. Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
decadent
inextricable
medieval
hierarchy
7. To stop; delay - hinder
prophesized
pastoral
forestalling
theocracy
8. A subdivision of a larger religious group - A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination
doctrine
adherents
suppressed
sect
9. Royal authority; supreme power and authority
despot
theocracy
secular
sovereignty
10. Woven materials; cloth
textiles
monopoly
patronage
manifestation
11. Decaying or decayed - especially in terms of morals - downfall
decadent
mortality
ethnocentric
sedentary
12. Mistress
papacy
concubine
heretic
scorn
13. Independence; self-determination - political independence
evangelize
monopoly
despot
autonomy
14. Related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle
pastoral
hinterland
innate
subordinate
15. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
status
pagan
hinterland
harem
16. A god or goddess
hierarchy
heretic
deity
adherents
17. Divide society into social classes or castes; to arrange in layers
ecclesiastic
stratify
mystic
adept
18. Multiple ethnic or religious groups existing in the same area
patronage
ecclesiastic
mortality
pluralism
19. To move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry
hastened
maritime
prophesized
ethnocentric
20. Any system of persons or things ranked one above another
mystic
deity
congregate
hierarchy
21. 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
paramount
evangelize
classical
monasticism
22. Natural - inborn
innate
patronage
positivism
sect
23. Centered on a specific ethnic group - usually one's own
pastoral
imperial
ethnocentric
hastened
24. Based on or tracing descent through the male line
patrilineal
primogeniture
theocracy
conscript
25. The act of being formally connected or joined
subsequent
affiliation
aristocracy
paramount
26. Lower in rank or position - secondary; one who is in a lower position or under the orders of someone else;
subordinate
inextricable
vigor
emulate
27. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen
uniformity
maritime
faction
investiture
28. The combination of parts to make a whole
despot
synthesis
decadent
positivism
29. Having superior power and influence
investiture
lineage
indigenous
paramount
30. The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
patronage
hastened
sedentary
fealty
31. Strength - energy
innate
vigor
status
scorn
32. The body of doctrine - myth - belief - etc. - that guides an individual - social movement - institution - class - or large group.
ideology
patronage
pluralism
subsequent
33. Faithfulness; allegiance; loyalty
adherents
fealty
garrison
subordinate
34. Very strict in matters of religious or moral conduct
puritanical
monasticism
emulate
aristocracy
35. The most powerful members of a society (some with hereditary titles)
ideology
secular
mystic
aristocracy
36. Incapable of being solved or untangled
affiliation
innate
inextricable
subordinate
37. Relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the mother
monopoly
sect
puritanical
matrilineal
38. A remote and undeveloped area
hinterland
stratify
evangelize
sedentary
39. (n) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
paramount
mystic
precedent
inevitable
40. Right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son; seniority by birth
paramount
primogeniture
adherents
emulate
41. Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant; mix together different elements
precedent
morality
investiture
fuse
42. Worldly; not pertaining to church matters or religion
paramount
hastened
stratify
secular
43. Of recognized authority or excellence; relating to ancient Greece or Rome
classical
matrilineal
piety
manifestation
44. A belief - principle - or teaching
doctrine
vigor
pluralism
garrison
45. A clergyman or other person in religious orders
mystic
hierarchy
ecclesiastic
scorn
46. Someone who is drafted into military service
autonomy
conscript
subordinate
indigenous
47. Strive to equal or match - especially by imitating
nationalism
emulate
abdicate
decadent
48. Preach the gospel (to)
garrison
subordinate
evangelize
ethics
49. To wipe out; to destroy
morality
fuse
eradicate
forestalling
50. To give up power
autonomy
emulate
paramount
abdicate