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TOEFL Vocab: Global Words
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1. 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
piety
ideology
monasticism
emulate
2. To wipe out; to destroy
eradicate
patrilineal
decadent
paramount
3. Someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
adept
status
mortality
venerate
4. Related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle
egalitarian
status
pastoral
subsequent
5. Independence; self-determination - political independence
nationalism
adept
autonomy
scorn
6. Strength - energy
vigor
sedentary
emulate
puritanical
7. Kept from public knowledge by various means; held back
suppressed
forestalling
sect
pagan
8. Relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the mother
piety
adherents
aristocracy
matrilineal
9. Lower in rank or position - secondary; one who is in a lower position or under the orders of someone else;
eunuchs
aristocracy
pluralism
subordinate
10. Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
morality
autonomy
matrilineal
ethics
11. The official head of the Roman Catholic Church.
hinterland
synthesis
papacy
eunuchs
12. To come together in a group or crowd - assemble
puritanical
congregate
emulate
forestalling
13. Control of a product or service by one company
positivism
monopoly
abdicate
ecclesiastic
14. Based on or tracing descent through the male line
lineage
patrilineal
hinterland
inevitable
15. The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
sovereignty
inevitable
patronage
garrison
16. Very strict in matters of religious or moral conduct
paramount
puritanical
fealty
pluralism
17. Following in time or order - following - coming after or later
concubine
innate
despot
subsequent
18. Natural - inborn
decadent
hastened
synthesis
innate
19. Sameness; monotony; uniform - the same all over
eradicate
evangelize
aristocracy
uniformity
20. Philosophy
eradicate
piety
positivism
fuse
21. A cruel and oppressive dictator - tyrant
status
despot
ecclesiastic
stratify
22. To move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry
prophesized
hastened
scorn
pagan
23. A clergyman or other person in religious orders
ecclesiastic
stratify
nationalism
autonomy
24. Devotion and reverence to God
paramount
ethnocentric
heretic
piety
25. To give up power
medieval
forestalling
imperial
abdicate
26. The act of being formally connected or joined
evangelize
adept
ecclesiastic
affiliation
27. A person who believes in the equality of all people
patrilineal
monasticism
egalitarian
emulate
28. Incapable of being avoided or prevented - bound to happen
emulate
mystic
inevitable
concubine
29. Faithfulness; allegiance; loyalty
fealty
precedent
ethnocentric
paramount
30. Arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
imperial
monasticism
subsequent
advent
31. Preach the gospel (to)
ideology
adept
evangelize
monopoly
32. A god or goddess
hinterland
subordinate
deity
nationalism
33. Any system of persons or things ranked one above another
ethnocentric
hierarchy
abdicate
pastoral
34. The most powerful members of a society (some with hereditary titles)
sect
aristocracy
harem
uniformity
35. Of recognized authority or excellence; relating to ancient Greece or Rome
theocracy
autonomy
classical
concubine
36. Worldly; not pertaining to church matters or religion
vigor
fuse
secular
prophesized
37. Centered on a specific ethnic group - usually one's own
textiles
concubine
evangelize
ethnocentric
38. The combination of parts to make a whole
synthesis
precedent
garrison
hinterland
39. Believers - followers
hastened
adherents
subordinate
ideology
40. The body of doctrine - myth - belief - etc. - that guides an individual - social movement - institution - class - or large group.
investiture
ideology
decadent
primogeniture
41. Divide society into social classes or castes; to arrange in layers
sovereignty
patronage
stratify
pastoral
42. Relating to or associated with an empire
innate
hierarchy
inevitable
imperial
43. Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant; mix together different elements
fuse
despot
monopoly
precedent
44. Outward demonstration; indication of the presence of something;
puritanical
manifestation
patronage
uniformity
45. Having superior power and influence
imperial
paramount
vigor
subsequent
46. Death rate
mortality
eunuchs
concubine
advent
47. Right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son; seniority by birth
synthesis
innate
manifestation
primogeniture
48. Direct descent from a particular ancestor
deity
lineage
medieval
imperial
49. Regard with feelings of respect and reverence
venerate
papacy
inextricable
emulate
50. Strive to equal or match - especially by imitating
ideology
monopoly
emulate
patronage