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TOEFL Vocab: Society
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Causing to judge prematurely and unfairly
core
prejudiced
diminish
apex
2. To fight against
hierarchy
severely
battle
violation
3. The highest point
ritually
fortify
secular
apex
4. A long story about important events long ago
saga
reconciliation
oppress
prevailing
5. Large guns that shoot powerful shells; army units that handle such guns
artillery
suspend
de facto
rite
6. Something that is carried; a source of stress or worry
coincide
burden
collapse
artillery
7. A system of imaginary lines running from north to south along the Earth's surface - where each line is numbered from 0 to 180o west or east
chronologically
fossilize
longitude
cremation
8. To consume and incorporate; to become similar
implicitly
assimilate
de facto
collapse
9. Restricted in outlook; relating to the local parish
cease
severely
parochial
prejudiced
10. A pattern or model; a set of assumptions
artillery
annex
coincide
paradigm
11. To put into a many-leveled order - depending on importance or achievement
saga
domesticate
burden
rank
12. To keep down by force; to weigh heavily on
de facto
amend
chronologically
oppress
13. A result - often one much later in time than the cause
consequence
assimilate
violation
battle
14. Truly doing a job - even if not officially
burden
consequence
de facto
discriminate
15. An action that breaks a law or agreement; mistreatment of something that deserves respect
strategic
annex
deny
violation
16. A belief; a fanciful impulse
erudite
paradigm
notion
vestige
17. To change for the better
secular
cease
amend
strategic
18. Aggressively entering into someone else's territory
annex
invasive
Orwellian
parochial
19. To cause to stop for a period; to hang as to allow free movement
suspend
deny
chronologically
secular
20. To put members of a group into motion
cease
mobilize
Orwellian
erudite
21. To act in opposition to; to offer in response
hierarchy
counter
saga
folklore
22. A ceremony meant to achieve a certain purpose
counter
suspend
milieu
rite
23. Strongest or most common
invasive
mobilize
prevailing
vestige
24. Leaning unfairly in one direction
conquest
biased
in the trenches
prejudiced
25. To make something suitable for being in a home
distinctly
de facto
domesticate
amend
26. A takeover by force or continued effort
ratio
conquest
strategic
fossilize
27. Worldly rather than spiritual; not related to religion
de facto
amend
secular
fossilize
28. Say that something is not true
deny
rank
fortify
counter
29. In order according to time
chronologically
vestige
core
devise
30. To strengthen
collapse
fortify
diminish
notion
31. Make something smaller or weaker
rank
strategic
conquest
diminish
32. To make something (usually land) part of another unit
deny
milieu
secular
annex
33. Highly educated
roster
devise
erudite
Orwellian
34. Something left from a long-ago culture - time period - or person
vestige
conquest
in the trenches
relic
35. Strictness; difficult situations that come from following rules strictly
oppress
deny
cease
rigor
36. An area or object at the center
amend
core
milieu
chronologically
37. A list - especially of names
chronologically
implicitly
consequence
roster
38. In the middle of the hardest fighting or work
in the trenches
hierarchy
battle
rigor
39. Happen or exist at the same time
discriminate
coincide
diminish
Orwellian
40. To fall down - usually because of weakness
folklore
collapse
prevailing
chronologically
41. A system of levels that places people high or low according to their importance
violation
vestige
hierarchy
ratio
42. The act of burning the dead
mobilize
cremation
discriminate
folklore
43. Loyalty
allegiance
cremation
assimilate
distinctly
44. As part of a traditional ceremony or habit
in the trenches
burden
relic
ritually
45. To become preserved in clay or stone or ash after death - so that a natural record is left of the original organism; to become rigid and stuck in old ways
hierarchy
deny
annex
fossilize
46. Traditional myths of a people transmitted orally
notion
strategic
artillery
folklore
47. Coming back together peacefully after having been enemies
consequence
battle
reconciliation
prevailing
48. Related to long-term plans for achieving a goal
conquest
strategic
fortify
fossilize
49. General environment or surroundings
apex
counter
notion
milieu
50. Harshly; extremely
resist
rank
severely
oppress