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TOEFL Vocab: Global Words
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1. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
harem
eradicate
heretic
aristocracy
2. Belief in government run by religious leaders
concubine
theocracy
hastened
precedent
3. A belief - principle - or teaching
ecclesiastic
monopoly
doctrine
stratify
4. Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
synthesis
medieval
innate
primogeniture
5. Largely inactive - accustomed to sitting
despot
harem
sedentary
egalitarian
6. To give up power
aristocracy
abdicate
theocracy
affiliation
7. Right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son; seniority by birth
primogeniture
innate
despot
monasticism
8. The combination of parts to make a whole
synthesis
monasticism
decadent
manifestation
9. Lower in rank or position - secondary; one who is in a lower position or under the orders of someone else;
mystic
subordinate
synthesis
deity
10. Open disrespect for a person or thing - look down on with disdain
inextricable
venerate
ethics
scorn
11. To wipe out; to destroy
indigenous
classical
eradicate
innate
12. Direct descent from a particular ancestor
lineage
classical
decadent
papacy
13. To stop; delay - hinder
sedentary
forestalling
piety
hastened
14. Following in time or order - following - coming after or later
adherents
venerate
nationalism
subsequent
15. Relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the mother
prophesized
secular
matrilineal
harem
16. Someone who is drafted into military service
adherents
conscript
medieval
suppressed
17. The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
patronage
sovereignty
mystic
pluralism
18. Based on or tracing descent through the male line
patrilineal
monopoly
manifestation
sect
19. The most powerful members of a society (some with hereditary titles)
nationalism
aristocracy
garrison
abdicate
20. The act of being formally connected or joined
eradicate
affiliation
adherents
pagan
21. A god or goddess
mortality
maritime
deity
sect
22. A subdivision of a larger religious group - A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination
sect
doctrine
eradicate
heretic
23. (n) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
pagan
hierarchy
precedent
classical
24. To come together in a group or crowd - assemble
doctrine
imperial
congregate
hinterland
25. Philosophy
classical
deity
positivism
evangelize
26. Arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
prophesized
advent
patronage
mystic
27. Any system of persons or things ranked one above another
hierarchy
concubine
stratify
classical
28. Independence; self-determination - political independence
aristocracy
autonomy
secular
monasticism
29. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen
vigor
precedent
egalitarian
maritime
30. Castrated males - originally in charge of protection of the ruler's concubines. Eventually had major roles in government - especially in China.
matrilineal
eunuchs
puritanical
despot
31. Otherworldly; mysterious; enigmatic
mystic
ethics
mortality
adept
32. Centered on a specific ethnic group - usually one's own
textiles
ethnocentric
faction
mortality
33. Natural - inborn
primogeniture
ethnocentric
innate
prophesized
34. Devotion and reverence to God
adept
precedent
paramount
piety
35. Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
garrison
matrilineal
morality
fealty
36. Someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
congregate
monopoly
adept
inevitable
37. Of recognized authority or excellence; relating to ancient Greece or Rome
inevitable
synthesis
matrilineal
classical
38. A group - usually a small part of a larger group - united around some cause
pastoral
abdicate
ethnocentric
faction
39. Strive to equal or match - especially by imitating
pastoral
emulate
paramount
primogeniture
40. Preach the gospel (to)
advent
evangelize
adept
decadent
41. The body of doctrine - myth - belief - etc. - that guides an individual - social movement - institution - class - or large group.
doctrine
ideology
mortality
decadent
42. A person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the those of the Roman Catholic Church
heretic
despot
eradicate
autonomy
43. Mistress
harem
imperial
medieval
concubine
44. Love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it
nationalism
prophesized
conscript
status
45. Sameness; monotony; uniform - the same all over
monopoly
subsequent
uniformity
venerate
46. Predicted; foretold
prophesized
concubine
fealty
fuse
47. 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
inextricable
precedent
piety
monasticism
48. Native to a certain area
indigenous
abdicate
inevitable
monopoly
49. The ceremony of installing a new monarch
positivism
congregate
investiture
harem
50. Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant; mix together different elements
fuse
paramount
garrison
sovereignty