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TOEFL Vocab: Global Words
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1. The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
pagan
precedent
heretic
patronage
2. The most powerful members of a society (some with hereditary titles)
prophesized
ethics
harem
aristocracy
3. Largely inactive - accustomed to sitting
sedentary
ethnocentric
sect
concubine
4. Someone who is drafted into military service
classical
conscript
theocracy
matrilineal
5. Based on or tracing descent through the male line
forestalling
evangelize
concubine
patrilineal
6. Decaying or decayed - especially in terms of morals - downfall
decadent
imperial
evangelize
monopoly
7. Multiple ethnic or religious groups existing in the same area
manifestation
pluralism
medieval
heretic
8. Predicted; foretold
precedent
theocracy
stratify
prophesized
9. A remote and undeveloped area
hinterland
monopoly
theocracy
precedent
10. Open disrespect for a person or thing - look down on with disdain
monopoly
pagan
venerate
scorn
11. Having superior power and influence
paramount
inextricable
manifestation
eunuchs
12. Regard with feelings of respect and reverence
eradicate
congregate
venerate
vigor
13. Natural - inborn
innate
adherents
patrilineal
adept
14. Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
medieval
papacy
affiliation
venerate
15. Royal authority; supreme power and authority
emulate
sovereignty
textiles
adept
16. The official head of the Roman Catholic Church.
papacy
sovereignty
fuse
primogeniture
17. Native to a certain area
fealty
indigenous
ethics
morality
18. Mistress
concubine
hinterland
monasticism
sect
19. Arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
emulate
precedent
advent
autonomy
20. A person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions.
precedent
pagan
sovereignty
matrilineal
21. Very strict in matters of religious or moral conduct
ethics
vigor
puritanical
monopoly
22. To come together in a group or crowd - assemble
congregate
investiture
egalitarian
autonomy
23. A cruel and oppressive dictator - tyrant
despot
morality
aristocracy
ethics
24. Related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle
pastoral
adept
patrilineal
venerate
25. A god or goddess
hinterland
deity
fuse
affiliation
26. A group - usually a small part of a larger group - united around some cause
innate
hinterland
faction
piety
27. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen
classical
primogeniture
maritime
imperial
28. Someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
adept
mystic
secular
venerate
29. Any system of persons or things ranked one above another
hierarchy
forestalling
manifestation
venerate
30. To wipe out; to destroy
classical
monasticism
eradicate
aristocracy
31. Believers - followers
indigenous
adherents
eradicate
papacy
32. Of recognized authority or excellence; relating to ancient Greece or Rome
abdicate
mortality
venerate
classical
33. Code of morality
sedentary
autonomy
ethics
adherents
34. Love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it
nationalism
patronage
affiliation
heretic
35. Kept from public knowledge by various means; held back
despot
suppressed
uniformity
garrison
36. Faithfulness; allegiance; loyalty
fealty
papacy
inextricable
forestalling
37. The body of doctrine - myth - belief - etc. - that guides an individual - social movement - institution - class - or large group.
investiture
affiliation
ideology
primogeniture
38. Right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son; seniority by birth
patronage
abdicate
primogeniture
despot
39. Philosophy
venerate
secular
positivism
classical
40. Outward demonstration; indication of the presence of something;
subordinate
manifestation
prophesized
abdicate
41. Relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the mother
investiture
matrilineal
advent
suppressed
42. Strive to equal or match - especially by imitating
maritime
hierarchy
morality
emulate
43. Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
heretic
monopoly
morality
prophesized
44. 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
monasticism
secular
despot
indigenous
45. Castrated males - originally in charge of protection of the ruler's concubines. Eventually had major roles in government - especially in China.
concubine
maritime
egalitarian
eunuchs
46. To move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry
hastened
doctrine
sedentary
nationalism
47. Belief in government run by religious leaders
vigor
positivism
sect
theocracy
48. Centered on a specific ethnic group - usually one's own
piety
precedent
ethnocentric
primogeniture
49. Strength - energy
ethnocentric
vigor
pagan
classical
50. A fortified military post where troops are stationed
textiles
garrison
subordinate
advent