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TOEFL Vocab: Global Words
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1. Faithfulness; allegiance; loyalty
fealty
inevitable
fuse
adept
2. Death rate
monopoly
despot
mortality
concubine
3. 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
ethics
vigor
uniformity
monasticism
4. Direct descent from a particular ancestor
harem
imperial
venerate
lineage
5. Someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
papacy
manifestation
inextricable
adept
6. A god or goddess
egalitarian
deity
faction
decadent
7. Native to a certain area
indigenous
imperial
evangelize
vigor
8. Incapable of being solved or untangled
scorn
inextricable
hastened
doctrine
9. Otherworldly; mysterious; enigmatic
mystic
heretic
investiture
concubine
10. To come together in a group or crowd - assemble
eradicate
congregate
imperial
heretic
11. The ceremony of installing a new monarch
prophesized
investiture
hierarchy
textiles
12. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen
conscript
mortality
despot
maritime
13. Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant; mix together different elements
fuse
nationalism
subsequent
matrilineal
14. A group - usually a small part of a larger group - united around some cause
faction
aristocracy
doctrine
synthesis
15. Devotion and reverence to God
piety
heretic
abdicate
faction
16. To move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry
piety
hastened
adept
pluralism
17. Relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the mother
matrilineal
secular
papacy
despot
18. Belief in government run by religious leaders
theocracy
fealty
innate
concubine
19. Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
pluralism
abdicate
puritanical
morality
20. Castrated males - originally in charge of protection of the ruler's concubines. Eventually had major roles in government - especially in China.
textiles
mortality
affiliation
eunuchs
21. Worldly; not pertaining to church matters or religion
puritanical
secular
lineage
patrilineal
22. A remote and undeveloped area
ideology
adept
uniformity
hinterland
23. A person's condition or position in the eyes of the law; relative rank or standing - especially in society ;prestige
decadent
status
garrison
inextricable
24. Mistress
concubine
status
forestalling
hierarchy
25. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
emulate
hierarchy
harem
scorn
26. The official head of the Roman Catholic Church.
precedent
papacy
hastened
puritanical
27. To stop; delay - hinder
forestalling
investiture
hastened
maritime
28. (n) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
suppressed
maritime
medieval
precedent
29. Strive to equal or match - especially by imitating
pastoral
decadent
deity
emulate
30. A person who believes in the equality of all people
autonomy
hastened
egalitarian
manifestation
31. Very strict in matters of religious or moral conduct
sovereignty
primogeniture
puritanical
morality
32. The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
affiliation
scorn
monopoly
patronage
33. Code of morality
ethics
forestalling
prophesized
subordinate
34. Philosophy
positivism
hinterland
nationalism
patrilineal
35. Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
concubine
medieval
garrison
investiture
36. A subdivision of a larger religious group - A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination
ethnocentric
sect
pluralism
uniformity
37. Any system of persons or things ranked one above another
hierarchy
scorn
deity
classical
38. The most powerful members of a society (some with hereditary titles)
hinterland
aristocracy
adept
patrilineal
39. Divide society into social classes or castes; to arrange in layers
stratify
innate
heretic
patronage
40. The act of being formally connected or joined
affiliation
doctrine
scorn
classical
41. A belief - principle - or teaching
doctrine
lineage
innate
primogeniture
42. A fortified military post where troops are stationed
monasticism
mystic
garrison
prophesized
43. The combination of parts to make a whole
decadent
inextricable
synthesis
precedent
44. Related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle
pastoral
secular
harem
autonomy
45. Of recognized authority or excellence; relating to ancient Greece or Rome
sovereignty
hinterland
classical
pagan
46. Control of a product or service by one company
monopoly
primogeniture
forestalling
deity
47. A clergyman or other person in religious orders
pagan
ecclesiastic
synthesis
classical
48. Right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son; seniority by birth
harem
primogeniture
doctrine
forestalling
49. Independence; self-determination - political independence
ethnocentric
autonomy
patronage
classical
50. Kept from public knowledge by various means; held back
medieval
suppressed
synthesis
concubine
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