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TOEFL Vocab: Global Words
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1. Woven materials; cloth
egalitarian
nationalism
prophesized
textiles
2. Strive to equal or match - especially by imitating
evangelize
investiture
textiles
emulate
3. A remote and undeveloped area
hinterland
egalitarian
subsequent
affiliation
4. Believers - followers
hastened
patrilineal
adherents
investiture
5. To move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry
hastened
imperial
fuse
positivism
6. Arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
concubine
innate
scorn
advent
7. Relating to or associated with an empire
ecclesiastic
imperial
textiles
inevitable
8. Predicted; foretold
monopoly
prophesized
subordinate
doctrine
9. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
secular
ecclesiastic
classical
harem
10. Of recognized authority or excellence; relating to ancient Greece or Rome
papacy
uniformity
patronage
classical
11. A subdivision of a larger religious group - A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination
advent
primogeniture
sect
nationalism
12. Native to a certain area
monopoly
indigenous
inextricable
garrison
13. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen
maritime
mystic
medieval
mortality
14. The most powerful members of a society (some with hereditary titles)
aristocracy
classical
morality
suppressed
15. A clergyman or other person in religious orders
ecclesiastic
garrison
maritime
sovereignty
16. A fortified military post where troops are stationed
subordinate
indigenous
garrison
egalitarian
17. Natural - inborn
innate
sovereignty
nationalism
mystic
18. Independence; self-determination - political independence
sect
evangelize
investiture
autonomy
19. Kept from public knowledge by various means; held back
imperial
eunuchs
suppressed
prophesized
20. Open disrespect for a person or thing - look down on with disdain
scorn
garrison
aristocracy
despot
21. Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
morality
decadent
monopoly
mortality
22. Multiple ethnic or religious groups existing in the same area
pagan
sovereignty
pluralism
despot
23. The act of being formally connected or joined
stratify
mortality
affiliation
ideology
24. Death rate
mortality
nationalism
secular
adherents
25. Decaying or decayed - especially in terms of morals - downfall
decadent
pastoral
pagan
paramount
26. Following in time or order - following - coming after or later
subsequent
paramount
ecclesiastic
decadent
27. Divide society into social classes or castes; to arrange in layers
status
stratify
hastened
eunuchs
28. Royal authority; supreme power and authority
ideology
affiliation
sovereignty
paramount
29. Based on or tracing descent through the male line
subsequent
patrilineal
positivism
ethnocentric
30. Love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it
nationalism
decadent
secular
congregate
31. Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
hastened
medieval
matrilineal
imperial
32. To come together in a group or crowd - assemble
sect
theocracy
congregate
inevitable
33. Control of a product or service by one company
monopoly
emulate
puritanical
secular
34. Sameness; monotony; uniform - the same all over
investiture
uniformity
ethnocentric
paramount
35. Incapable of being avoided or prevented - bound to happen
manifestation
inextricable
inevitable
ethics
36. Otherworldly; mysterious; enigmatic
status
inextricable
decadent
mystic
37. The body of doctrine - myth - belief - etc. - that guides an individual - social movement - institution - class - or large group.
advent
ideology
matrilineal
autonomy
38. Code of morality
stratify
ethics
conscript
monopoly
39. The official head of the Roman Catholic Church.
affiliation
maritime
papacy
doctrine
40. A cruel and oppressive dictator - tyrant
harem
despot
venerate
medieval
41. Devotion and reverence to God
status
piety
aristocracy
ecclesiastic
42. The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
nationalism
evangelize
patronage
medieval
43. A person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions.
indigenous
doctrine
pagan
faction
44. Someone who is drafted into military service
suppressed
garrison
conscript
manifestation
45. Any system of persons or things ranked one above another
hierarchy
monopoly
pagan
deity
46. Castrated males - originally in charge of protection of the ruler's concubines. Eventually had major roles in government - especially in China.
puritanical
eunuchs
aristocracy
doctrine
47. Outward demonstration; indication of the presence of something;
manifestation
deity
emulate
ecclesiastic
48. Direct descent from a particular ancestor
investiture
theocracy
lineage
evangelize
49. Lower in rank or position - secondary; one who is in a lower position or under the orders of someone else;
abdicate
fuse
subordinate
eradicate
50. Philosophy
positivism
monasticism
conscript
affiliation