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TOEFL Vocab: Global Words
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1. Love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it
hinterland
doctrine
conscript
nationalism
2. Kept from public knowledge by various means; held back
affiliation
suppressed
sovereignty
prophesized
3. To move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry
evangelize
hastened
piety
indigenous
4. Faithfulness; allegiance; loyalty
monopoly
medieval
fealty
synthesis
5. Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
morality
secular
stratify
classical
6. Woven materials; cloth
nationalism
sedentary
textiles
secular
7. Castrated males - originally in charge of protection of the ruler's concubines. Eventually had major roles in government - especially in China.
inextricable
eunuchs
synthesis
classical
8. Believers - followers
harem
doctrine
evangelize
adherents
9. The ceremony of installing a new monarch
morality
investiture
textiles
papacy
10. Predicted; foretold
fealty
prophesized
hastened
ideology
11. Devotion and reverence to God
eunuchs
subordinate
piety
sovereignty
12. 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
investiture
monasticism
eradicate
aristocracy
13. Death rate
eunuchs
puritanical
positivism
mortality
14. Someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
adept
fuse
hastened
aristocracy
15. Incapable of being solved or untangled
congregate
ecclesiastic
inextricable
deity
16. Centered on a specific ethnic group - usually one's own
ethnocentric
fuse
precedent
subordinate
17. To stop; delay - hinder
pagan
hastened
deity
forestalling
18. Strength - energy
status
vigor
fealty
paramount
19. Following in time or order - following - coming after or later
subsequent
congregate
maritime
piety
20. Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
fuse
eradicate
medieval
venerate
21. Mistress
indigenous
despot
piety
concubine
22. Regard with feelings of respect and reverence
ecclesiastic
positivism
venerate
primogeniture
23. Royal authority; supreme power and authority
sovereignty
deity
investiture
despot
24. To wipe out; to destroy
uniformity
ecclesiastic
eradicate
sect
25. The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
manifestation
patronage
status
monasticism
26. A person's condition or position in the eyes of the law; relative rank or standing - especially in society ;prestige
inevitable
matrilineal
status
suppressed
27. Natural - inborn
harem
mystic
innate
ecclesiastic
28. Decaying or decayed - especially in terms of morals - downfall
decadent
patrilineal
medieval
adept
29. Right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son; seniority by birth
subordinate
adherents
primogeniture
scorn
30. The most powerful members of a society (some with hereditary titles)
aristocracy
ecclesiastic
monopoly
subordinate
31. To come together in a group or crowd - assemble
congregate
conscript
hierarchy
vigor
32. Someone who is drafted into military service
adherents
patrilineal
vigor
conscript
33. Sameness; monotony; uniform - the same all over
uniformity
emulate
despot
venerate
34. Worldly; not pertaining to church matters or religion
secular
investiture
lineage
theocracy
35. A belief - principle - or teaching
deity
sovereignty
doctrine
sect
36. Very strict in matters of religious or moral conduct
monasticism
advent
heretic
puritanical
37. Direct descent from a particular ancestor
advent
inevitable
sect
lineage
38. Any system of persons or things ranked one above another
fuse
lineage
autonomy
hierarchy
39. A fortified military post where troops are stationed
congregate
garrison
maritime
eunuchs
40. A person who believes in the equality of all people
egalitarian
manifestation
venerate
mystic
41. Based on or tracing descent through the male line
adept
patrilineal
stratify
sedentary
42. Of recognized authority or excellence; relating to ancient Greece or Rome
eradicate
classical
harem
primogeniture
43. Relating to or associated with an empire
imperial
suppressed
emulate
advent
44. Code of morality
garrison
inextricable
ethics
ideology
45. A person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the those of the Roman Catholic Church
ethics
uniformity
conscript
heretic
46. Belief in government run by religious leaders
ideology
theocracy
monasticism
patronage
47. Incapable of being avoided or prevented - bound to happen
inevitable
nationalism
hierarchy
affiliation
48. (n) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
sovereignty
secular
precedent
prophesized
49. A clergyman or other person in religious orders
affiliation
faction
ecclesiastic
deity
50. A person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions.
manifestation
pagan
inevitable
decadent