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TOEFL Vocab: Global Words
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1. Death rate
venerate
synthesis
mortality
puritanical
2. Worldly; not pertaining to church matters or religion
suppressed
secular
harem
scorn
3. Natural - inborn
innate
status
eradicate
congregate
4. A person's condition or position in the eyes of the law; relative rank or standing - especially in society ;prestige
pagan
sedentary
precedent
status
5. Believers - followers
faction
adherents
textiles
emulate
6. Woven materials; cloth
garrison
pagan
eunuchs
textiles
7. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
egalitarian
precedent
sect
harem
8. Predicted; foretold
emulate
prophesized
fealty
indigenous
9. Castrated males - originally in charge of protection of the ruler's concubines. Eventually had major roles in government - especially in China.
eunuchs
prophesized
despot
doctrine
10. (n) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
doctrine
precedent
textiles
sect
11. Preach the gospel (to)
abdicate
ethnocentric
investiture
evangelize
12. 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
affiliation
textiles
fuse
monasticism
13. Philosophy
innate
fealty
positivism
sovereignty
14. The official head of the Roman Catholic Church.
adherents
classical
aristocracy
papacy
15. Centered on a specific ethnic group - usually one's own
ethnocentric
patrilineal
innate
deity
16. Decaying or decayed - especially in terms of morals - downfall
synthesis
adept
decadent
pagan
17. Otherworldly; mysterious; enigmatic
secular
subsequent
congregate
mystic
18. Direct descent from a particular ancestor
lineage
affiliation
secular
synthesis
19. Largely inactive - accustomed to sitting
sedentary
pastoral
affiliation
faction
20. Incapable of being avoided or prevented - bound to happen
congregate
inevitable
medieval
precedent
21. Divide society into social classes or castes; to arrange in layers
prophesized
stratify
doctrine
mortality
22. Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant; mix together different elements
adherents
pastoral
conscript
fuse
23. Belief in government run by religious leaders
subordinate
theocracy
pagan
positivism
24. To wipe out; to destroy
affiliation
precedent
abdicate
eradicate
25. A group - usually a small part of a larger group - united around some cause
mystic
faction
eradicate
synthesis
26. Relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the mother
matrilineal
hastened
evangelize
egalitarian
27. A person who believes in the equality of all people
egalitarian
congregate
innate
investiture
28. Devotion and reverence to God
morality
piety
faction
paramount
29. A fortified military post where troops are stationed
doctrine
garrison
ethnocentric
monopoly
30. Relating to or associated with an empire
prophesized
imperial
venerate
doctrine
31. Very strict in matters of religious or moral conduct
papacy
prophesized
innate
puritanical
32. The combination of parts to make a whole
indigenous
synthesis
uniformity
eunuchs
33. The body of doctrine - myth - belief - etc. - that guides an individual - social movement - institution - class - or large group.
investiture
pastoral
ideology
egalitarian
34. To move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry
primogeniture
hastened
sedentary
prophesized
35. Love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it
nationalism
deity
faction
stratify
36. Native to a certain area
indigenous
innate
inevitable
advent
37. Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
monasticism
scorn
morality
primogeniture
38. Strength - energy
lineage
textiles
vigor
concubine
39. Based on or tracing descent through the male line
indigenous
adept
patrilineal
harem
40. Incapable of being solved or untangled
inextricable
sovereignty
adherents
congregate
41. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen
maritime
medieval
heretic
secular
42. Code of morality
ethics
garrison
eunuchs
indigenous
43. A remote and undeveloped area
venerate
paramount
hinterland
mystic
44. Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
autonomy
pastoral
stratify
medieval
45. A clergyman or other person in religious orders
ecclesiastic
subsequent
lineage
stratify
46. Arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
mortality
advent
patronage
papacy
47. A cruel and oppressive dictator - tyrant
paramount
status
despot
hinterland
48. The most powerful members of a society (some with hereditary titles)
congregate
aristocracy
concubine
garrison
49. Having superior power and influence
monasticism
papacy
matrilineal
paramount
50. Mistress
subordinate
advent
concubine
puritanical