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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
pagan
scorn
pastoral
congregate
2. Philosophy
positivism
fuse
papacy
adherents
3. Very strict in matters of religious or moral conduct
fuse
fealty
puritanical
sect
4. Predicted; foretold
theocracy
prophesized
piety
faction
5. To wipe out; to destroy
decadent
despot
eradicate
inevitable
6. 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
egalitarian
monasticism
deity
piety
7. The official head of the Roman Catholic Church.
papacy
synthesis
affiliation
conscript
8. Right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son; seniority by birth
fuse
primogeniture
positivism
garrison
9. Royal authority; supreme power and authority
sedentary
sovereignty
subordinate
adept
10. Relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the mother
matrilineal
stratify
patronage
paramount
11. (n) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
pluralism
precedent
medieval
inevitable
12. Code of morality
advent
vigor
ideology
ethics
13. Relating to or associated with an empire
vigor
imperial
maritime
matrilineal
14. Someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
egalitarian
textiles
pluralism
adept
15. Following in time or order - following - coming after or later
abdicate
subsequent
venerate
theocracy
16. Someone who is drafted into military service
despot
deity
decadent
conscript
17. Sameness; monotony; uniform - the same all over
uniformity
congregate
ecclesiastic
ideology
18. Death rate
despot
mortality
fealty
nationalism
19. Believers - followers
synthesis
adherents
decadent
eunuchs
20. Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
inevitable
hinterland
morality
ethics
21. A clergyman or other person in religious orders
pluralism
ethnocentric
ecclesiastic
matrilineal
22. Woven materials; cloth
textiles
affiliation
mystic
inextricable
23. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen
hinterland
maritime
vigor
despot
24. A person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions.
mortality
ideology
venerate
pagan
25. Related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle
hierarchy
hastened
stratify
pastoral
26. Control of a product or service by one company
autonomy
monopoly
investiture
ethics
27. The most powerful members of a society (some with hereditary titles)
emulate
subordinate
aristocracy
conscript
28. A remote and undeveloped area
doctrine
adept
monopoly
hinterland
29. Any system of persons or things ranked one above another
affiliation
adept
hierarchy
hastened
30. Multiple ethnic or religious groups existing in the same area
pluralism
medieval
monopoly
pastoral
31. Kept from public knowledge by various means; held back
uniformity
suppressed
garrison
textiles
32. Centered on a specific ethnic group - usually one's own
pluralism
ethnocentric
egalitarian
classical
33. A belief - principle - or teaching
mystic
aristocracy
doctrine
paramount
34. The ceremony of installing a new monarch
fuse
sovereignty
harem
investiture
35. Natural - inborn
aristocracy
papacy
innate
hinterland
36. A fortified military post where troops are stationed
concubine
garrison
pluralism
nationalism
37. A person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the those of the Roman Catholic Church
inevitable
egalitarian
heretic
garrison
38. Based on or tracing descent through the male line
lineage
patrilineal
scorn
theocracy
39. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
theocracy
concubine
monasticism
harem
40. A group - usually a small part of a larger group - united around some cause
subordinate
hierarchy
doctrine
faction
41. Otherworldly; mysterious; enigmatic
mystic
synthesis
sedentary
inextricable
42. A god or goddess
deity
theocracy
investiture
evangelize
43. Having superior power and influence
fuse
paramount
manifestation
egalitarian
44. Castrated males - originally in charge of protection of the ruler's concubines. Eventually had major roles in government - especially in China.
inextricable
sect
eunuchs
pluralism
45. A cruel and oppressive dictator - tyrant
aristocracy
despot
matrilineal
manifestation
46. Of recognized authority or excellence; relating to ancient Greece or Rome
inextricable
classical
egalitarian
papacy
47. To come together in a group or crowd - assemble
nationalism
congregate
subordinate
fuse
48. The body of doctrine - myth - belief - etc. - that guides an individual - social movement - institution - class - or large group.
ecclesiastic
affiliation
ideology
concubine
49. The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
mortality
ideology
adept
patronage
50. Divide society into social classes or castes; to arrange in layers
scorn
abdicate
secular
stratify