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TOEFL Vocab: Global Words
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1. To come together in a group or crowd - assemble
congregate
conscript
pagan
eunuchs
2. Incapable of being solved or untangled
inextricable
emulate
pluralism
positivism
3. Having superior power and influence
paramount
adept
harem
hinterland
4. Kept from public knowledge by various means; held back
patronage
sect
suppressed
abdicate
5. (n) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
sect
medieval
precedent
secular
6. Relating to or associated with an empire
indigenous
imperial
synthesis
ecclesiastic
7. Someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
evangelize
fuse
adept
morality
8. A person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions.
fuse
pagan
synthesis
adherents
9. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
pastoral
ideology
uniformity
harem
10. To move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry
hastened
aristocracy
imperial
classical
11. Direct descent from a particular ancestor
innate
adherents
lineage
theocracy
12. Based on or tracing descent through the male line
puritanical
patrilineal
investiture
paramount
13. To wipe out; to destroy
aristocracy
paramount
eradicate
imperial
14. To give up power
uniformity
nationalism
abdicate
investiture
15. The most powerful members of a society (some with hereditary titles)
autonomy
papacy
aristocracy
prophesized
16. Preach the gospel (to)
classical
heretic
evangelize
pagan
17. Natural - inborn
suppressed
innate
monopoly
status
18. Arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
advent
secular
maritime
abdicate
19. A remote and undeveloped area
abdicate
faction
subordinate
hinterland
20. Any system of persons or things ranked one above another
classical
eunuchs
theocracy
hierarchy
21. A belief - principle - or teaching
hinterland
medieval
doctrine
egalitarian
22. The combination of parts to make a whole
synthesis
primogeniture
matrilineal
autonomy
23. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen
autonomy
mortality
suppressed
maritime
24. Following in time or order - following - coming after or later
hinterland
medieval
subsequent
classical
25. Decaying or decayed - especially in terms of morals - downfall
congregate
adept
decadent
eunuchs
26. A cruel and oppressive dictator - tyrant
pastoral
advent
status
despot
27. Lower in rank or position - secondary; one who is in a lower position or under the orders of someone else;
subordinate
ethics
monopoly
doctrine
28. Sameness; monotony; uniform - the same all over
ecclesiastic
morality
uniformity
garrison
29. A person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the those of the Roman Catholic Church
heretic
eradicate
faction
prophesized
30. Someone who is drafted into military service
indigenous
evangelize
theocracy
conscript
31. The body of doctrine - myth - belief - etc. - that guides an individual - social movement - institution - class - or large group.
suppressed
ideology
faction
scorn
32. A clergyman or other person in religious orders
hinterland
ecclesiastic
manifestation
deity
33. Believers - followers
piety
adherents
pluralism
ecclesiastic
34. Native to a certain area
sovereignty
indigenous
sedentary
concubine
35. A person's condition or position in the eyes of the law; relative rank or standing - especially in society ;prestige
ideology
status
pluralism
harem
36. A god or goddess
innate
monasticism
piety
deity
37. Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant; mix together different elements
subordinate
fuse
adherents
venerate
38. Centered on a specific ethnic group - usually one's own
ethics
ethnocentric
faction
scorn
39. Woven materials; cloth
ethics
despot
subordinate
textiles
40. Of recognized authority or excellence; relating to ancient Greece or Rome
innate
ethics
classical
congregate
41. A fortified military post where troops are stationed
secular
garrison
pastoral
hinterland
42. Devotion and reverence to God
piety
primogeniture
ecclesiastic
secular
43. Mistress
aristocracy
pagan
harem
concubine
44. Divide society into social classes or castes; to arrange in layers
lineage
hinterland
eradicate
stratify
45. Otherworldly; mysterious; enigmatic
eunuchs
mystic
subordinate
emulate
46. Relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the mother
eunuchs
matrilineal
ecclesiastic
venerate
47. Belief in government run by religious leaders
advent
classical
adept
theocracy
48. Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
investiture
concubine
morality
piety
49. Incapable of being avoided or prevented - bound to happen
inevitable
despot
autonomy
ethics
50. Predicted; foretold
eunuchs
stratify
advent
prophesized