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TOEFL Vocab: Global Words
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1. Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant; mix together different elements
patrilineal
fuse
monasticism
advent
2. The most powerful members of a society (some with hereditary titles)
imperial
subsequent
aristocracy
eunuchs
3. Woven materials; cloth
primogeniture
garrison
inextricable
textiles
4. Independence; self-determination - political independence
inextricable
autonomy
prophesized
investiture
5. A clergyman or other person in religious orders
investiture
advent
ecclesiastic
pastoral
6. Incapable of being avoided or prevented - bound to happen
affiliation
sovereignty
primogeniture
inevitable
7. Multiple ethnic or religious groups existing in the same area
mortality
suppressed
pluralism
scorn
8. Largely inactive - accustomed to sitting
emulate
ethics
sedentary
monopoly
9. To give up power
abdicate
prophesized
patrilineal
adherents
10. Direct descent from a particular ancestor
venerate
patronage
lineage
hastened
11. Having superior power and influence
faction
precedent
suppressed
paramount
12. Centered on a specific ethnic group - usually one's own
ethnocentric
suppressed
despot
ethics
13. The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
hastened
patronage
piety
affiliation
14. The combination of parts to make a whole
nationalism
synthesis
heretic
subordinate
15. Arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
autonomy
adherents
advent
affiliation
16. Relating to or associated with an empire
pluralism
imperial
morality
harem
17. A person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the those of the Roman Catholic Church
innate
subsequent
mystic
heretic
18. Kept from public knowledge by various means; held back
innate
evangelize
suppressed
stratify
19. The ceremony of installing a new monarch
investiture
despot
monasticism
scorn
20. Love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it
prophesized
nationalism
classical
pluralism
21. A belief - principle - or teaching
fealty
doctrine
inevitable
precedent
22. Preach the gospel (to)
matrilineal
evangelize
positivism
emulate
23. Royal authority; supreme power and authority
sovereignty
investiture
hierarchy
concubine
24. Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
hinterland
pastoral
synthesis
medieval
25. Someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
indigenous
precedent
puritanical
adept
26. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
sect
sedentary
imperial
harem
27. Relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the mother
monopoly
pagan
matrilineal
suppressed
28. A group - usually a small part of a larger group - united around some cause
investiture
precedent
faction
manifestation
29. A fortified military post where troops are stationed
investiture
inextricable
nationalism
garrison
30. Decaying or decayed - especially in terms of morals - downfall
maritime
eradicate
classical
decadent
31. Based on or tracing descent through the male line
subordinate
affiliation
piety
patrilineal
32. The act of being formally connected or joined
congregate
maritime
mystic
affiliation
33. (n) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
precedent
decadent
forestalling
harem
34. Right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son; seniority by birth
indigenous
mystic
medieval
primogeniture
35. Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
morality
maritime
status
papacy
36. A remote and undeveloped area
medieval
imperial
hinterland
deity
37. To move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry
hinterland
hastened
textiles
monopoly
38. Divide society into social classes or castes; to arrange in layers
stratify
autonomy
venerate
hastened
39. Control of a product or service by one company
monopoly
eradicate
classical
hastened
40. 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
indigenous
suppressed
textiles
41. The official head of the Roman Catholic Church.
fealty
egalitarian
hierarchy
papacy
42. The body of doctrine - myth - belief - etc. - that guides an individual - social movement - institution - class - or large group.
ideology
patrilineal
harem
patronage
43. Lower in rank or position - secondary; one who is in a lower position or under the orders of someone else;
uniformity
mystic
concubine
subordinate
44. Believers - followers
autonomy
adherents
textiles
concubine
45. Native to a certain area
medieval
indigenous
faction
adept
46. Following in time or order - following - coming after or later
subsequent
egalitarian
investiture
paramount
47. A god or goddess
deity
adherents
subordinate
investiture
48. To wipe out; to destroy
fuse
hierarchy
eradicate
egalitarian
49. Strive to equal or match - especially by imitating
sedentary
imperial
advent
emulate
50. Someone who is drafted into military service
congregate
inextricable
heretic
conscript