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TOEFL Vocab: Global Words
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1. Outward demonstration; indication of the presence of something;
matrilineal
venerate
manifestation
textiles
2. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen
adept
maritime
suppressed
synthesis
3. Of recognized authority or excellence; relating to ancient Greece or Rome
congregate
conscript
classical
lineage
4. To stop; delay - hinder
venerate
forestalling
maritime
ideology
5. Independence; self-determination - political independence
emulate
synthesis
autonomy
subsequent
6. A clergyman or other person in religious orders
ecclesiastic
emulate
conscript
vigor
7. Relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the mother
sect
matrilineal
sovereignty
nationalism
8. Decaying or decayed - especially in terms of morals - downfall
eradicate
paramount
sovereignty
decadent
9. Someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
papacy
decadent
heretic
adept
10. Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
medieval
monopoly
fuse
mortality
11. Death rate
inevitable
mortality
nationalism
ethics
12. The most powerful members of a society (some with hereditary titles)
aristocracy
medieval
adherents
classical
13. Incapable of being solved or untangled
faction
ideology
investiture
inextricable
14. Very strict in matters of religious or moral conduct
theocracy
puritanical
fuse
sedentary
15. Sameness; monotony; uniform - the same all over
innate
uniformity
morality
precedent
16. Belief in government run by religious leaders
suppressed
matrilineal
medieval
theocracy
17. Multiple ethnic or religious groups existing in the same area
primogeniture
subordinate
pluralism
fealty
18. Otherworldly; mysterious; enigmatic
mortality
ethnocentric
ecclesiastic
mystic
19. A person's condition or position in the eyes of the law; relative rank or standing - especially in society ;prestige
patrilineal
fuse
status
mystic
20. To move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry
precedent
hastened
affiliation
classical
21. Centered on a specific ethnic group - usually one's own
textiles
ethnocentric
deity
monasticism
22. A cruel and oppressive dictator - tyrant
harem
despot
fealty
puritanical
23. Preach the gospel (to)
evangelize
primogeniture
subordinate
stratify
24. Natural - inborn
eradicate
egalitarian
innate
despot
25. A belief - principle - or teaching
papacy
doctrine
theocracy
mortality
26. Open disrespect for a person or thing - look down on with disdain
ethnocentric
scorn
monasticism
doctrine
27. A remote and undeveloped area
hinterland
ethics
scorn
lineage
28. Regard with feelings of respect and reverence
aristocracy
venerate
hinterland
faction
29. Castrated males - originally in charge of protection of the ruler's concubines. Eventually had major roles in government - especially in China.
manifestation
primogeniture
eunuchs
emulate
30. Any system of persons or things ranked one above another
deity
hierarchy
advent
nationalism
31. A god or goddess
pastoral
hinterland
deity
egalitarian
32. Love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it
manifestation
forestalling
ethnocentric
nationalism
33. The act of being formally connected or joined
subordinate
subsequent
affiliation
precedent
34. The combination of parts to make a whole
fealty
synthesis
pagan
maritime
35. Lower in rank or position - secondary; one who is in a lower position or under the orders of someone else;
subordinate
deity
secular
abdicate
36. Control of a product or service by one company
morality
advent
matrilineal
monopoly
37. 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
eunuchs
monasticism
classical
medieval
38. A group - usually a small part of a larger group - united around some cause
ethics
faction
innate
heretic
39. Believers - followers
medieval
primogeniture
adherents
congregate
40. Someone who is drafted into military service
conscript
abdicate
imperial
manifestation
41. A subdivision of a larger religious group - A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination
pluralism
sect
inevitable
concubine
42. Devotion and reverence to God
inevitable
piety
harem
subsequent
43. The ceremony of installing a new monarch
investiture
evangelize
imperial
sedentary
44. Strength - energy
autonomy
ideology
vigor
nationalism
45. Having superior power and influence
harem
pagan
concubine
paramount
46. Relating to or associated with an empire
imperial
ethics
investiture
puritanical
47. A person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the those of the Roman Catholic Church
subsequent
precedent
heretic
maritime
48. Divide society into social classes or castes; to arrange in layers
doctrine
conscript
stratify
monasticism
49. To give up power
abdicate
scorn
mystic
imperial
50. Philosophy
emulate
matrilineal
positivism
status