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TOEFL Vocab: Global Words
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1. A person who believes in the equality of all people
pluralism
egalitarian
positivism
mystic
2. Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant; mix together different elements
pagan
pastoral
secular
fuse
3. Control of a product or service by one company
despot
deity
monopoly
ethnocentric
4. A person's condition or position in the eyes of the law; relative rank or standing - especially in society ;prestige
status
maritime
affiliation
matrilineal
5. Relating to or associated with an empire
emulate
hinterland
textiles
imperial
6. The official head of the Roman Catholic Church.
fuse
sect
papacy
indigenous
7. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen
garrison
piety
maritime
forestalling
8. Belief in government run by religious leaders
stratify
theocracy
precedent
patronage
9. Centered on a specific ethnic group - usually one's own
theocracy
ethnocentric
forestalling
sedentary
10. Any system of persons or things ranked one above another
inextricable
hierarchy
hinterland
investiture
11. The combination of parts to make a whole
manifestation
synthesis
hastened
hierarchy
12. A clergyman or other person in religious orders
deity
ecclesiastic
precedent
positivism
13. 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
monasticism
autonomy
prophesized
decadent
14. Lower in rank or position - secondary; one who is in a lower position or under the orders of someone else;
subordinate
faction
despot
suppressed
15. Open disrespect for a person or thing - look down on with disdain
ecclesiastic
indigenous
advent
scorn
16. To stop; delay - hinder
suppressed
subordinate
monopoly
forestalling
17. Kept from public knowledge by various means; held back
patronage
suppressed
heretic
aristocracy
18. Related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle
despot
forestalling
pastoral
secular
19. To wipe out; to destroy
classical
primogeniture
matrilineal
eradicate
20. Someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
innate
adept
affiliation
suppressed
21. Devotion and reverence to God
classical
piety
aristocracy
abdicate
22. A subdivision of a larger religious group - A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination
emulate
ethics
sect
monasticism
23. A god or goddess
doctrine
deity
lineage
hinterland
24. The most powerful members of a society (some with hereditary titles)
faction
hastened
aristocracy
mystic
25. Independence; self-determination - political independence
manifestation
autonomy
venerate
emulate
26. (n) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
pastoral
precedent
prophesized
fealty
27. Natural - inborn
morality
manifestation
innate
affiliation
28. Faithfulness; allegiance; loyalty
fealty
egalitarian
uniformity
monopoly
29. A remote and undeveloped area
ideology
suppressed
patronage
hinterland
30. The act of being formally connected or joined
pastoral
affiliation
investiture
ideology
31. Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
morality
advent
medieval
pluralism
32. The body of doctrine - myth - belief - etc. - that guides an individual - social movement - institution - class - or large group.
hinterland
aristocracy
patrilineal
ideology
33. Royal authority; supreme power and authority
abdicate
sovereignty
monopoly
scorn
34. Relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the mother
synthesis
doctrine
matrilineal
monopoly
35. Having superior power and influence
vigor
congregate
autonomy
paramount
36. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
harem
indigenous
advent
precedent
37. Mistress
matrilineal
concubine
nationalism
primogeniture
38. A fortified military post where troops are stationed
garrison
morality
ethics
congregate
39. Predicted; foretold
inextricable
stratify
prophesized
mystic
40. Following in time or order - following - coming after or later
garrison
subsequent
hastened
sedentary
41. A belief - principle - or teaching
ideology
medieval
inextricable
doctrine
42. Very strict in matters of religious or moral conduct
forestalling
pluralism
innate
puritanical
43. Multiple ethnic or religious groups existing in the same area
affiliation
egalitarian
pluralism
lineage
44. Love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it
nationalism
adherents
abdicate
precedent
45. Of recognized authority or excellence; relating to ancient Greece or Rome
suppressed
classical
positivism
primogeniture
46. Direct descent from a particular ancestor
prophesized
lineage
sect
emulate
47. Believers - followers
hierarchy
adherents
suppressed
nationalism
48. The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
sect
patronage
investiture
lineage
49. Regard with feelings of respect and reverence
adept
hierarchy
venerate
ethics
50. Strive to equal or match - especially by imitating
stratify
fuse
pluralism
emulate