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TOEFL Vocab: Global Words
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1. Kept from public knowledge by various means; held back
suppressed
evangelize
precedent
prophesized
2. Death rate
pastoral
inevitable
mortality
ecclesiastic
3. A god or goddess
mortality
forestalling
deity
imperial
4. Independence; self-determination - political independence
adept
autonomy
papacy
morality
5. Faithfulness; allegiance; loyalty
fealty
inextricable
ecclesiastic
sect
6. Outward demonstration; indication of the presence of something;
manifestation
monasticism
nationalism
scorn
7. The ceremony of installing a new monarch
ideology
investiture
vigor
mortality
8. (n) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
prophesized
precedent
paramount
monasticism
9. A clergyman or other person in religious orders
primogeniture
sovereignty
ecclesiastic
conscript
10. Belief in government run by religious leaders
theocracy
harem
hastened
uniformity
11. Decaying or decayed - especially in terms of morals - downfall
emulate
decadent
primogeniture
uniformity
12. A fortified military post where troops are stationed
piety
hinterland
garrison
patrilineal
13. A person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions.
ethics
uniformity
pagan
eradicate
14. The body of doctrine - myth - belief - etc. - that guides an individual - social movement - institution - class - or large group.
fuse
precedent
forestalling
ideology
15. A belief - principle - or teaching
doctrine
eradicate
precedent
investiture
16. Based on or tracing descent through the male line
patrilineal
aristocracy
mortality
concubine
17. To stop; delay - hinder
paramount
adherents
forestalling
ethics
18. Woven materials; cloth
abdicate
affiliation
ideology
textiles
19. To come together in a group or crowd - assemble
synthesis
congregate
prophesized
textiles
20. Devotion and reverence to God
monasticism
synthesis
evangelize
piety
21. Of recognized authority or excellence; relating to ancient Greece or Rome
classical
pagan
manifestation
conscript
22. Philosophy
vigor
morality
scorn
positivism
23. Regard with feelings of respect and reverence
decadent
theocracy
venerate
mortality
24. Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
fuse
mystic
medieval
ideology
25. To move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry
sovereignty
matrilineal
hastened
adherents
26. Otherworldly; mysterious; enigmatic
ecclesiastic
mystic
faction
patronage
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
monasticism
sovereignty
pagan
evangelize
28. A group - usually a small part of a larger group - united around some cause
hierarchy
evangelize
faction
indigenous
29. The combination of parts to make a whole
primogeniture
uniformity
secular
synthesis
30. Having superior power and influence
classical
paramount
pluralism
inevitable
31. Largely inactive - accustomed to sitting
mystic
sedentary
doctrine
adept
32. A remote and undeveloped area
abdicate
classical
prophesized
hinterland
33. Relating to or associated with an empire
imperial
puritanical
harem
uniformity
34. Predicted; foretold
mystic
inextricable
heretic
prophesized
35. Natural - inborn
inevitable
adherents
innate
papacy
36. Right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son; seniority by birth
primogeniture
sovereignty
garrison
aristocracy
37. Mistress
mystic
scorn
morality
concubine
38. The act of being formally connected or joined
uniformity
secular
medieval
affiliation
39. Someone who is drafted into military service
scorn
conscript
emulate
deity
40. Love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it
ethnocentric
nationalism
egalitarian
inevitable
41. To give up power
ethnocentric
adherents
abdicate
sovereignty
42. A cruel and oppressive dictator - tyrant
positivism
pluralism
sect
despot
43. Strive to equal or match - especially by imitating
emulate
uniformity
subsequent
faction
44. Arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
investiture
papacy
ecclesiastic
advent
45. Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
harem
morality
evangelize
adept
46. Strength - energy
vigor
precedent
primogeniture
suppressed
47. Code of morality
garrison
ethics
forestalling
egalitarian
48. Lower in rank or position - secondary; one who is in a lower position or under the orders of someone else;
adept
sovereignty
subordinate
patronage
49. Relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the mother
matrilineal
ideology
emulate
medieval
50. Any system of persons or things ranked one above another
hierarchy
doctrine
eunuchs
decadent