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TOEFL Vocab: Global Words
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1. A cruel and oppressive dictator - tyrant
sedentary
pluralism
despot
lineage
2. Relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the mother
papacy
investiture
matrilineal
stratify
3. Lower in rank or position - secondary; one who is in a lower position or under the orders of someone else;
stratify
hinterland
matrilineal
subordinate
4. Multiple ethnic or religious groups existing in the same area
pluralism
advent
adept
hinterland
5. To stop; delay - hinder
despot
forestalling
papacy
classical
6. Sameness; monotony; uniform - the same all over
positivism
uniformity
forestalling
lineage
7. A fortified military post where troops are stationed
synthesis
aristocracy
garrison
conscript
8. Strive to equal or match - especially by imitating
subordinate
emulate
decadent
manifestation
9. To move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry
hastened
scorn
pagan
vigor
10. The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
patronage
investiture
ethnocentric
eunuchs
11. A person who believes in the equality of all people
egalitarian
autonomy
morality
scorn
12. To wipe out; to destroy
pastoral
paramount
eradicate
imperial
13. The act of being formally connected or joined
indigenous
sedentary
affiliation
congregate
14. Very strict in matters of religious or moral conduct
ethnocentric
puritanical
papacy
mystic
15. Philosophy
despot
evangelize
positivism
primogeniture
16. Natural - inborn
fuse
innate
sovereignty
pluralism
17. Divide society into social classes or castes; to arrange in layers
congregate
stratify
mortality
medieval
18. Worldly; not pertaining to church matters or religion
imperial
autonomy
secular
puritanical
19. The body of doctrine - myth - belief - etc. - that guides an individual - social movement - institution - class - or large group.
decadent
status
ideology
doctrine
20. Having superior power and influence
paramount
sovereignty
piety
medieval
21. Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant; mix together different elements
subordinate
ecclesiastic
nationalism
fuse
22. The ceremony of installing a new monarch
investiture
synthesis
fealty
monopoly
23. Someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
patrilineal
adept
faction
fuse
24. Relating to or associated with an empire
theocracy
precedent
decadent
imperial
25. To give up power
pagan
despot
abdicate
maritime
26. Incapable of being avoided or prevented - bound to happen
mystic
mortality
inevitable
monasticism
27. Mistress
concubine
eradicate
prophesized
pagan
28. A subdivision of a larger religious group - A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination
egalitarian
sect
indigenous
primogeniture
29. A person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions.
subordinate
subsequent
suppressed
pagan
30. Largely inactive - accustomed to sitting
sedentary
paramount
imperial
precedent
31. Woven materials; cloth
pastoral
precedent
textiles
concubine
32. A person's condition or position in the eyes of the law; relative rank or standing - especially in society ;prestige
status
subordinate
suppressed
autonomy
33. Devotion and reverence to God
despot
conscript
piety
primogeniture
34. The combination of parts to make a whole
ethics
forestalling
piety
synthesis
35. Someone who is drafted into military service
subsequent
conscript
theocracy
autonomy
36. Faithfulness; allegiance; loyalty
prophesized
venerate
investiture
fealty
37. Predicted; foretold
patronage
medieval
aristocracy
prophesized
38. (n) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
suppressed
heretic
precedent
papacy
39. Arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
medieval
adept
imperial
advent
40. Preach the gospel (to)
conscript
evangelize
medieval
monasticism
41. Centered on a specific ethnic group - usually one's own
advent
sedentary
ethnocentric
ideology
42. Outward demonstration; indication of the presence of something;
innate
decadent
manifestation
piety
43. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen
pluralism
concubine
status
maritime
44. A belief - principle - or teaching
hinterland
ideology
doctrine
hierarchy
45. A clergyman or other person in religious orders
matrilineal
ecclesiastic
suppressed
innate
46. The most powerful members of a society (some with hereditary titles)
piety
aristocracy
mystic
pastoral
47. A god or goddess
status
deity
hastened
venerate
48. Regard with feelings of respect and reverence
aristocracy
doctrine
fuse
venerate
49. 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
sedentary
monasticism
synthesis
subordinate
50. Death rate
abdicate
sovereignty
ethics
mortality