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TOEFL Vocab: Global Words
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1. Kept from public knowledge by various means; held back
positivism
faction
suppressed
inextricable
2. Royal authority; supreme power and authority
adept
sovereignty
papacy
maritime
3. Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
medieval
concubine
mystic
paramount
4. To wipe out; to destroy
morality
lineage
eradicate
primogeniture
5. Believers - followers
adherents
hierarchy
investiture
nationalism
6. Regard with feelings of respect and reverence
venerate
morality
pagan
innate
7. Multiple ethnic or religious groups existing in the same area
secular
pluralism
paramount
fealty
8. (n) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
puritanical
stratify
autonomy
precedent
9. Woven materials; cloth
ethics
ethnocentric
textiles
garrison
10. Someone who is drafted into military service
mystic
subordinate
conscript
piety
11. A person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions.
pagan
medieval
fuse
eradicate
12. Direct descent from a particular ancestor
mystic
lineage
indigenous
suppressed
13. Sameness; monotony; uniform - the same all over
ethics
uniformity
subsequent
patronage
14. Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant; mix together different elements
aristocracy
fuse
heretic
fealty
15. A remote and undeveloped area
hinterland
scorn
harem
affiliation
16. Control of a product or service by one company
venerate
piety
fealty
monopoly
17. Based on or tracing descent through the male line
vigor
pastoral
patrilineal
mortality
18. The act of being formally connected or joined
affiliation
uniformity
heretic
subsequent
19. Natural - inborn
pagan
innate
affiliation
pluralism
20. Arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
ideology
advent
sedentary
manifestation
21. Devotion and reverence to God
hierarchy
abdicate
affiliation
piety
22. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
patronage
harem
pastoral
status
23. Death rate
maritime
fealty
doctrine
mortality
24. Belief in government run by religious leaders
primogeniture
suppressed
theocracy
precedent
25. Of recognized authority or excellence; relating to ancient Greece or Rome
ethnocentric
classical
despot
evangelize
26. Following in time or order - following - coming after or later
suppressed
pastoral
pluralism
subsequent
27. A clergyman or other person in religious orders
mortality
garrison
ecclesiastic
sovereignty
28. A cruel and oppressive dictator - tyrant
vigor
nationalism
ethnocentric
despot
29. A person who believes in the equality of all people
mortality
egalitarian
despot
autonomy
30. Incapable of being solved or untangled
advent
pluralism
inextricable
theocracy
31. A person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the those of the Roman Catholic Church
sovereignty
egalitarian
emulate
heretic
32. To give up power
maritime
vigor
ethics
abdicate
33. The ceremony of installing a new monarch
faction
puritanical
hinterland
investiture
34. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen
matrilineal
inevitable
medieval
maritime
35. A subdivision of a larger religious group - A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination
indigenous
textiles
affiliation
sect
36. Otherworldly; mysterious; enigmatic
adherents
lineage
faction
mystic
37. Divide society into social classes or castes; to arrange in layers
theocracy
paramount
stratify
garrison
38. Native to a certain area
monasticism
subordinate
primogeniture
indigenous
39. A belief - principle - or teaching
ethnocentric
abdicate
doctrine
ideology
40. Castrated males - originally in charge of protection of the ruler's concubines. Eventually had major roles in government - especially in China.
hinterland
eunuchs
aristocracy
emulate
41. Any system of persons or things ranked one above another
deity
hierarchy
autonomy
ideology
42. Faithfulness; allegiance; loyalty
fealty
egalitarian
patronage
imperial
43. A person's condition or position in the eyes of the law; relative rank or standing - especially in society ;prestige
forestalling
status
medieval
piety
44. Mistress
fuse
egalitarian
concubine
heretic
45. Having superior power and influence
indigenous
pluralism
papacy
paramount
46. The most powerful members of a society (some with hereditary titles)
aristocracy
pagan
egalitarian
sect
47. To stop; delay - hinder
heretic
subordinate
synthesis
forestalling
48. Largely inactive - accustomed to sitting
manifestation
deity
sedentary
precedent
49. Incapable of being avoided or prevented - bound to happen
harem
inevitable
pastoral
despot
50. Worldly; not pertaining to church matters or religion
inevitable
secular
ideology
concubine