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TOEFL Vocab: Global Words
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1. Any system of persons or things ranked one above another
investiture
evangelize
piety
hierarchy
2. A person's condition or position in the eyes of the law; relative rank or standing - especially in society ;prestige
inevitable
sovereignty
imperial
status
3. Open disrespect for a person or thing - look down on with disdain
sect
subordinate
scorn
textiles
4. Of recognized authority or excellence; relating to ancient Greece or Rome
classical
eunuchs
matrilineal
investiture
5. Love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it
uniformity
nationalism
heretic
pastoral
6. A cruel and oppressive dictator - tyrant
despot
paramount
fealty
synthesis
7. Death rate
mortality
theocracy
decadent
adept
8. A fortified military post where troops are stationed
abdicate
scorn
maritime
garrison
9. To give up power
garrison
abdicate
conscript
textiles
10. To move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry
pastoral
scorn
hastened
affiliation
11. Relating to or associated with an empire
precedent
abdicate
imperial
eradicate
12. Believers - followers
adherents
abdicate
investiture
decadent
13. Direct descent from a particular ancestor
lineage
sedentary
hastened
eunuchs
14. Largely inactive - accustomed to sitting
garrison
mortality
theocracy
sedentary
15. The act of being formally connected or joined
advent
affiliation
faction
status
16. Mistress
concubine
hinterland
maritime
piety
17. To wipe out; to destroy
positivism
eradicate
harem
textiles
18. To stop; delay - hinder
abdicate
forestalling
morality
ecclesiastic
19. Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
aristocracy
inevitable
subsequent
medieval
20. Native to a certain area
indigenous
investiture
autonomy
synthesis
21. Relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the mother
matrilineal
papacy
maritime
classical
22. To come together in a group or crowd - assemble
sect
congregate
investiture
hierarchy
23. Incapable of being solved or untangled
subsequent
inevitable
inextricable
innate
24. Regard with feelings of respect and reverence
venerate
evangelize
medieval
sect
25. Centered on a specific ethnic group - usually one's own
morality
inextricable
sect
ethnocentric
26. Arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
pastoral
precedent
advent
vigor
27. 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
classical
matrilineal
hinterland
monasticism
28. Related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle
pastoral
primogeniture
uniformity
abdicate
29. A person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions.
pagan
congregate
deity
garrison
30. Right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son; seniority by birth
patrilineal
maritime
garrison
primogeniture
31. Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
matrilineal
morality
conscript
positivism
32. Strength - energy
subordinate
vigor
despot
fuse
33. Someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
papacy
adept
congregate
fuse
34. A person who believes in the equality of all people
positivism
egalitarian
abdicate
fealty
35. Lower in rank or position - secondary; one who is in a lower position or under the orders of someone else;
mortality
subordinate
imperial
forestalling
36. The body of doctrine - myth - belief - etc. - that guides an individual - social movement - institution - class - or large group.
hinterland
innate
ideology
papacy
37. Outward demonstration; indication of the presence of something;
sedentary
fealty
manifestation
indigenous
38. A person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the those of the Roman Catholic Church
heretic
status
positivism
primogeniture
39. Strive to equal or match - especially by imitating
emulate
decadent
medieval
piety
40. Natural - inborn
primogeniture
innate
subordinate
stratify
41. The combination of parts to make a whole
harem
synthesis
sovereignty
maritime
42. Based on or tracing descent through the male line
mortality
egalitarian
fealty
patrilineal
43. Divide society into social classes or castes; to arrange in layers
vigor
stratify
advent
venerate
44. Multiple ethnic or religious groups existing in the same area
pluralism
morality
hierarchy
sect
45. A clergyman or other person in religious orders
ecclesiastic
suppressed
precedent
forestalling
46. The official head of the Roman Catholic Church.
papacy
vigor
garrison
imperial
47. Code of morality
scorn
concubine
matrilineal
ethics
48. Incapable of being avoided or prevented - bound to happen
patrilineal
inevitable
hierarchy
papacy
49. Someone who is drafted into military service
heretic
conscript
garrison
monasticism
50. Faithfulness; allegiance; loyalty
fealty
vigor
ethnocentric
primogeniture
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