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TOEFL Vocab: Global Words
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1. Predicted; foretold
patrilineal
mystic
prophesized
precedent
2. The act of being formally connected or joined
inextricable
affiliation
ethnocentric
status
3. To give up power
abdicate
affiliation
paramount
imperial
4. Royal authority; supreme power and authority
precedent
classical
sovereignty
despot
5. Woven materials; cloth
affiliation
puritanical
abdicate
textiles
6. To move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry
hastened
eradicate
ethnocentric
eunuchs
7. Relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the mother
patrilineal
conscript
matrilineal
puritanical
8. A person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the those of the Roman Catholic Church
uniformity
advent
sovereignty
heretic
9. Kept from public knowledge by various means; held back
suppressed
aristocracy
fealty
ethics
10. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
stratify
harem
paramount
despot
11. Related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle
ethnocentric
pluralism
pastoral
heretic
12. A fortified military post where troops are stationed
positivism
faction
garrison
emulate
13. (n) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
matrilineal
sect
papacy
precedent
14. A group - usually a small part of a larger group - united around some cause
hinterland
lineage
pastoral
faction
15. The ceremony of installing a new monarch
investiture
nationalism
lineage
venerate
16. A person's condition or position in the eyes of the law; relative rank or standing - especially in society ;prestige
status
patronage
sovereignty
fealty
17. Relating to or associated with an empire
congregate
hastened
emulate
imperial
18. Worldly; not pertaining to church matters or religion
harem
secular
precedent
paramount
19. Native to a certain area
hierarchy
autonomy
indigenous
garrison
20. Any system of persons or things ranked one above another
hierarchy
abdicate
pluralism
maritime
21. Outward demonstration; indication of the presence of something;
piety
manifestation
forestalling
abdicate
22. A belief - principle - or teaching
evangelize
doctrine
textiles
subordinate
23. Based on or tracing descent through the male line
patrilineal
forestalling
prophesized
uniformity
24. The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
classical
patronage
monopoly
venerate
25. To wipe out; to destroy
eradicate
piety
subsequent
abdicate
26. The most powerful members of a society (some with hereditary titles)
matrilineal
aristocracy
manifestation
sedentary
27. Arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
investiture
evangelize
advent
matrilineal
28. Castrated males - originally in charge of protection of the ruler's concubines. Eventually had major roles in government - especially in China.
advent
eunuchs
imperial
matrilineal
29. 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
heretic
status
prophesized
monasticism
30. Lower in rank or position - secondary; one who is in a lower position or under the orders of someone else;
theocracy
status
subordinate
eradicate
31. A subdivision of a larger religious group - A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination
patronage
congregate
sect
pastoral
32. Someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
adept
pluralism
manifestation
garrison
33. Following in time or order - following - coming after or later
eradicate
inextricable
subsequent
indigenous
34. Very strict in matters of religious or moral conduct
theocracy
uniformity
puritanical
harem
35. Belief in government run by religious leaders
vigor
mystic
theocracy
morality
36. Love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it
aristocracy
scorn
despot
nationalism
37. Decaying or decayed - especially in terms of morals - downfall
adherents
patronage
decadent
ethnocentric
38. Someone who is drafted into military service
venerate
forestalling
adept
conscript
39. Multiple ethnic or religious groups existing in the same area
adept
pluralism
faction
eradicate
40. Incapable of being avoided or prevented - bound to happen
deity
inevitable
eunuchs
sedentary
41. Mistress
innate
adherents
concubine
medieval
42. Believers - followers
faction
venerate
heretic
adherents
43. A cruel and oppressive dictator - tyrant
despot
doctrine
theocracy
uniformity
44. Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant; mix together different elements
garrison
abdicate
hastened
fuse
45. Code of morality
ecclesiastic
pagan
lineage
ethics
46. Direct descent from a particular ancestor
lineage
secular
morality
prophesized
47. The body of doctrine - myth - belief - etc. - that guides an individual - social movement - institution - class - or large group.
emulate
ideology
patrilineal
subordinate
48. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen
faction
monasticism
pagan
maritime
49. Divide society into social classes or castes; to arrange in layers
deity
stratify
precedent
status
50. The official head of the Roman Catholic Church.
stratify
deity
papacy
classical
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