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TOEFL Vocab: Global Words
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1. Natural - inborn
uniformity
inextricable
innate
sedentary
2. Based on or tracing descent through the male line
subsequent
investiture
mystic
patrilineal
3. Arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
uniformity
pluralism
autonomy
advent
4. A group - usually a small part of a larger group - united around some cause
pluralism
suppressed
sedentary
faction
5. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen
congregate
egalitarian
ideology
maritime
6. The most powerful members of a society (some with hereditary titles)
fuse
aristocracy
evangelize
puritanical
7. Belief in government run by religious leaders
pagan
maritime
theocracy
conscript
8. The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
imperial
piety
patronage
autonomy
9. A god or goddess
congregate
aristocracy
inevitable
deity
10. (n) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
maritime
positivism
pastoral
precedent
11. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
investiture
pagan
harem
fuse
12. Right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son; seniority by birth
primogeniture
ethics
subordinate
egalitarian
13. Regard with feelings of respect and reverence
venerate
piety
ideology
positivism
14. The official head of the Roman Catholic Church.
imperial
fuse
nationalism
papacy
15. Independence; self-determination - political independence
sedentary
medieval
autonomy
piety
16. Open disrespect for a person or thing - look down on with disdain
ideology
scorn
patronage
innate
17. Philosophy
doctrine
positivism
vigor
aristocracy
18. 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
ethnocentric
patrilineal
monasticism
investiture
19. A person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions.
pagan
despot
sovereignty
manifestation
20. Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant; mix together different elements
precedent
egalitarian
fuse
hastened
21. Someone who is drafted into military service
conscript
aristocracy
autonomy
hierarchy
22. Woven materials; cloth
piety
hierarchy
puritanical
textiles
23. Relating to or associated with an empire
despot
precedent
heretic
imperial
24. Centered on a specific ethnic group - usually one's own
investiture
garrison
inevitable
ethnocentric
25. Relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the mother
nationalism
matrilineal
inextricable
advent
26. Having superior power and influence
decadent
paramount
despot
innate
27. Love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it
nationalism
paramount
textiles
despot
28. Strive to equal or match - especially by imitating
papacy
uniformity
emulate
hinterland
29. The ceremony of installing a new monarch
ethnocentric
suppressed
investiture
primogeniture
30. A fortified military post where troops are stationed
autonomy
garrison
paramount
synthesis
31. Decaying or decayed - especially in terms of morals - downfall
deity
decadent
fuse
scorn
32. Predicted; foretold
decadent
prophesized
forestalling
manifestation
33. The combination of parts to make a whole
ethics
synthesis
papacy
venerate
34. A cruel and oppressive dictator - tyrant
despot
aristocracy
textiles
primogeniture
35. Multiple ethnic or religious groups existing in the same area
fuse
status
heretic
pluralism
36. Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
doctrine
medieval
harem
indigenous
37. Divide society into social classes or castes; to arrange in layers
stratify
sedentary
subordinate
indigenous
38. Very strict in matters of religious or moral conduct
concubine
advent
faction
puritanical
39. Otherworldly; mysterious; enigmatic
papacy
ideology
mystic
ethics
40. Native to a certain area
vigor
indigenous
sovereignty
mortality
41. Someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
textiles
inevitable
synthesis
adept
42. Devotion and reverence to God
autonomy
piety
venerate
monasticism
43. Largely inactive - accustomed to sitting
eradicate
autonomy
sedentary
venerate
44. Believers - followers
scorn
adept
precedent
adherents
45. A person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the those of the Roman Catholic Church
investiture
lineage
heretic
paramount
46. Incapable of being solved or untangled
secular
aristocracy
monopoly
inextricable
47. A clergyman or other person in religious orders
ecclesiastic
evangelize
primogeniture
mortality
48. To move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry
forestalling
hastened
autonomy
hinterland
49. Incapable of being avoided or prevented - bound to happen
inevitable
puritanical
patronage
scorn
50. A person who believes in the equality of all people
mystic
ethics
egalitarian
harem