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TOEFL Vocab: Global Words
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1. A subdivision of a larger religious group - A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination
piety
sect
monasticism
suppressed
2. Very strict in matters of religious or moral conduct
puritanical
doctrine
monopoly
affiliation
3. Otherworldly; mysterious; enigmatic
mystic
sect
congregate
concubine
4. Native to a certain area
deity
venerate
concubine
indigenous
5. Following in time or order - following - coming after or later
matrilineal
subsequent
inevitable
decadent
6. A cruel and oppressive dictator - tyrant
despot
positivism
medieval
lineage
7. A person who believes in the equality of all people
evangelize
harem
egalitarian
abdicate
8. Arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
primogeniture
imperial
eradicate
advent
9. Belief in government run by religious leaders
theocracy
pastoral
advent
eradicate
10. Multiple ethnic or religious groups existing in the same area
adherents
heretic
ecclesiastic
pluralism
11. A person's condition or position in the eyes of the law; relative rank or standing - especially in society ;prestige
pluralism
pastoral
emulate
status
12. Sameness; monotony; uniform - the same all over
hierarchy
adherents
uniformity
patrilineal
13. Related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle
pastoral
pagan
morality
maritime
14. Based on or tracing descent through the male line
patrilineal
ideology
abdicate
deity
15. Code of morality
hierarchy
heretic
maritime
ethics
16. Preach the gospel (to)
pagan
paramount
sect
evangelize
17. Open disrespect for a person or thing - look down on with disdain
affiliation
scorn
primogeniture
theocracy
18. Right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son; seniority by birth
paramount
adept
primogeniture
imperial
19. Strength - energy
advent
puritanical
suppressed
vigor
20. Someone who is drafted into military service
heretic
precedent
piety
conscript
21. A group - usually a small part of a larger group - united around some cause
despot
synthesis
faction
primogeniture
22. Lower in rank or position - secondary; one who is in a lower position or under the orders of someone else;
emulate
hinterland
subordinate
suppressed
23. To stop; delay - hinder
inevitable
medieval
ethics
forestalling
24. Death rate
patrilineal
abdicate
primogeniture
mortality
25. The official head of the Roman Catholic Church.
fealty
sovereignty
patronage
papacy
26. The most powerful members of a society (some with hereditary titles)
aristocracy
scorn
nationalism
subsequent
27. The act of being formally connected or joined
secular
ethics
affiliation
hierarchy
28. Philosophy
hastened
faction
lineage
positivism
29. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen
prophesized
synthesis
primogeniture
maritime
30. Strive to equal or match - especially by imitating
aristocracy
secular
emulate
monasticism
31. Worldly; not pertaining to church matters or religion
manifestation
matrilineal
secular
pastoral
32. Love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it
nationalism
emulate
morality
suppressed
33. The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
autonomy
patronage
prophesized
patrilineal
34. To give up power
theocracy
decadent
precedent
abdicate
35. Direct descent from a particular ancestor
lineage
piety
positivism
stratify
36. A god or goddess
maritime
heretic
deity
adept
37. Regard with feelings of respect and reverence
papacy
patrilineal
venerate
subsequent
38. Castrated males - originally in charge of protection of the ruler's concubines. Eventually had major roles in government - especially in China.
morality
eunuchs
ideology
imperial
39. Any system of persons or things ranked one above another
hierarchy
inextricable
fuse
positivism
40. Someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
decadent
hastened
precedent
adept
41. Incapable of being avoided or prevented - bound to happen
papacy
medieval
inevitable
morality
42. Outward demonstration; indication of the presence of something;
manifestation
innate
ethnocentric
indigenous
43. Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
forestalling
morality
puritanical
subsequent
44. Kept from public knowledge by various means; held back
innate
status
suppressed
uniformity
45. Mistress
concubine
status
hierarchy
abdicate
46. To wipe out; to destroy
primogeniture
sect
matrilineal
eradicate
47. The combination of parts to make a whole
paramount
synthesis
scorn
deity
48. Royal authority; supreme power and authority
medieval
garrison
prophesized
sovereignty
49. A clergyman or other person in religious orders
ecclesiastic
vigor
precedent
adept
50. A remote and undeveloped area
vigor
aristocracy
piety
hinterland