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TOEFL Vocab: Global Words
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1. Incapable of being solved or untangled
inextricable
sect
morality
nationalism
2. A person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions.
imperial
matrilineal
pagan
medieval
3. Preach the gospel (to)
scorn
matrilineal
hastened
evangelize
4. A person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the those of the Roman Catholic Church
ethics
garrison
investiture
heretic
5. The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
ethics
monopoly
patronage
pastoral
6. A group - usually a small part of a larger group - united around some cause
sedentary
faction
indigenous
patrilineal
7. (n) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
forestalling
heretic
garrison
precedent
8. Predicted; foretold
prophesized
indigenous
ecclesiastic
pastoral
9. 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
matrilineal
inextricable
pastoral
monasticism
10. To stop; delay - hinder
forestalling
puritanical
venerate
patronage
11. Having superior power and influence
affiliation
emulate
paramount
subordinate
12. The ceremony of installing a new monarch
hierarchy
textiles
mortality
investiture
13. Direct descent from a particular ancestor
pagan
inevitable
lineage
adherents
14. Related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle
pastoral
sovereignty
manifestation
deity
15. Sameness; monotony; uniform - the same all over
hastened
uniformity
doctrine
adherents
16. Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
paramount
positivism
vigor
morality
17. Believers - followers
positivism
adherents
vigor
fuse
18. Worldly; not pertaining to church matters or religion
adept
evangelize
secular
sect
19. Otherworldly; mysterious; enigmatic
mortality
ethics
mystic
despot
20. Natural - inborn
innate
adherents
despot
subsequent
21. Mistress
inevitable
status
congregate
concubine
22. Strive to equal or match - especially by imitating
emulate
garrison
mystic
papacy
23. Open disrespect for a person or thing - look down on with disdain
sect
scorn
despot
investiture
24. A person who believes in the equality of all people
monopoly
theocracy
garrison
egalitarian
25. Faithfulness; allegiance; loyalty
piety
aristocracy
fealty
eradicate
26. Any system of persons or things ranked one above another
patrilineal
hierarchy
piety
hastened
27. A god or goddess
deity
imperial
pluralism
suppressed
28. Following in time or order - following - coming after or later
adept
status
subsequent
egalitarian
29. Largely inactive - accustomed to sitting
forestalling
monasticism
sedentary
nationalism
30. Multiple ethnic or religious groups existing in the same area
pluralism
classical
adherents
medieval
31. A cruel and oppressive dictator - tyrant
adherents
forestalling
conscript
despot
32. To move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry
imperial
inevitable
hastened
indigenous
33. A fortified military post where troops are stationed
garrison
emulate
conscript
subordinate
34. The act of being formally connected or joined
affiliation
innate
suppressed
puritanical
35. Lower in rank or position - secondary; one who is in a lower position or under the orders of someone else;
inextricable
aristocracy
positivism
subordinate
36. A remote and undeveloped area
inevitable
classical
hinterland
status
37. Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
medieval
textiles
mortality
maritime
38. Divide society into social classes or castes; to arrange in layers
inextricable
status
congregate
stratify
39. Code of morality
imperial
monopoly
fuse
ethics
40. Outward demonstration; indication of the presence of something;
manifestation
eradicate
primogeniture
venerate
41. The most powerful members of a society (some with hereditary titles)
investiture
harem
emulate
aristocracy
42. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen
indigenous
maritime
textiles
imperial
43. Decaying or decayed - especially in terms of morals - downfall
imperial
decadent
hierarchy
adherents
44. The official head of the Roman Catholic Church.
hastened
emulate
harem
papacy
45. Based on or tracing descent through the male line
affiliation
monopoly
patrilineal
textiles
46. To wipe out; to destroy
eradicate
hierarchy
ethnocentric
mortality
47. Love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it
prophesized
evangelize
stratify
nationalism
48. Independence; self-determination - political independence
mortality
matrilineal
autonomy
forestalling
49. The combination of parts to make a whole
imperial
vigor
classical
synthesis
50. Incapable of being avoided or prevented - bound to happen
inevitable
adherents
positivism
pastoral