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TOEFL Vocab: Global Words
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1. Multiple ethnic or religious groups existing in the same area
mortality
egalitarian
paramount
pluralism
2. The combination of parts to make a whole
pastoral
synthesis
paramount
doctrine
3. The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
despot
patronage
forestalling
pastoral
4. 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
congregate
status
scorn
5. Someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
adept
secular
eunuchs
imperial
6. Woven materials; cloth
pagan
textiles
eunuchs
sovereignty
7. Regard with feelings of respect and reverence
venerate
heretic
ideology
ethics
8. Natural - inborn
eunuchs
egalitarian
innate
patronage
9. Death rate
mortality
aristocracy
suppressed
garrison
10. Any system of persons or things ranked one above another
paramount
fuse
egalitarian
hierarchy
11. Largely inactive - accustomed to sitting
sovereignty
sedentary
medieval
puritanical
12. Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
status
evangelize
fuse
morality
13. Right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son; seniority by birth
indigenous
patrilineal
manifestation
primogeniture
14. A cruel and oppressive dictator - tyrant
despot
suppressed
sovereignty
inextricable
15. Based on or tracing descent through the male line
monasticism
fuse
patrilineal
ideology
16. Castrated males - originally in charge of protection of the ruler's concubines. Eventually had major roles in government - especially in China.
inextricable
subsequent
innate
eunuchs
17. Outward demonstration; indication of the presence of something;
adept
manifestation
indigenous
monopoly
18. Sameness; monotony; uniform - the same all over
uniformity
monasticism
adept
nationalism
19. To come together in a group or crowd - assemble
congregate
subsequent
innate
sedentary
20. A fortified military post where troops are stationed
imperial
inevitable
garrison
egalitarian
21. To wipe out; to destroy
positivism
eradicate
piety
ethics
22. Mistress
fuse
concubine
despot
adherents
23. Someone who is drafted into military service
fuse
maritime
lineage
conscript
24. Incapable of being avoided or prevented - bound to happen
evangelize
inevitable
hinterland
precedent
25. Worldly; not pertaining to church matters or religion
secular
lineage
sedentary
venerate
26. Strive to equal or match - especially by imitating
monasticism
evangelize
emulate
decadent
27. Belief in government run by religious leaders
despot
synthesis
theocracy
ideology
28. Related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle
pastoral
medieval
evangelize
conscript
29. A subdivision of a larger religious group - A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination
theocracy
sect
deity
eradicate
30. A clergyman or other person in religious orders
textiles
scorn
synthesis
ecclesiastic
31. Centered on a specific ethnic group - usually one's own
ethnocentric
aristocracy
venerate
subsequent
32. A belief - principle - or teaching
harem
doctrine
vigor
aristocracy
33. Philosophy
monopoly
piety
primogeniture
positivism
34. Code of morality
classical
medieval
ethics
adept
35. Predicted; foretold
adherents
prophesized
positivism
pastoral
36. Divide society into social classes or castes; to arrange in layers
stratify
ethics
paramount
positivism
37. Decaying or decayed - especially in terms of morals - downfall
papacy
pagan
decadent
fealty
38. A group - usually a small part of a larger group - united around some cause
faction
harem
mortality
autonomy
39. Control of a product or service by one company
pastoral
monopoly
secular
affiliation
40. Otherworldly; mysterious; enigmatic
mystic
abdicate
monasticism
matrilineal
41. (n) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
adherents
subordinate
theocracy
precedent
42. Relating to or associated with an empire
congregate
classical
autonomy
imperial
43. Independence; self-determination - political independence
autonomy
inevitable
hierarchy
imperial
44. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen
classical
evangelize
maritime
inevitable
45. A god or goddess
deity
patronage
primogeniture
pagan
46. Arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
venerate
forestalling
advent
congregate
47. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
affiliation
autonomy
nationalism
harem
48. Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant; mix together different elements
morality
textiles
advent
fuse
49. Of recognized authority or excellence; relating to ancient Greece or Rome
innate
classical
theocracy
eunuchs
50. Having superior power and influence
aristocracy
concubine
hinterland
paramount