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TOEFL Vocab: Society
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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
domesticate
hierarchy
mobilize
longitude
2. Stop
counter
cease
vestige
folklore
3. Traditional myths of a people transmitted orally
strategic
annex
folklore
rite
4. Truly doing a job - even if not officially
core
oppress
rank
de facto
5. To fight against
violation
battle
assimilate
domesticate
6. Loyalty
curriculum
rigor
counter
allegiance
7. A list - especially of names
diminish
curriculum
roster
milieu
8. General environment or surroundings
hierarchy
resist
fortify
milieu
9. Without being stated; unquestioningly
invasive
apex
resist
implicitly
10. To strengthen
fortify
assimilate
cremation
prevailing
11. A takeover by force or continued effort
diminish
rigor
curriculum
conquest
12. In the middle of the hardest fighting or work
rite
implicitly
distinctly
in the trenches
13. To consume and incorporate; to become similar
folklore
assimilate
violation
distinctly
14. Causing to judge prematurely and unfairly
resist
annex
prejudiced
counter
15. A belief; a fanciful impulse
notion
consequence
cremation
longitude
16. A visible trace that something once existed
milieu
chronologically
vestige
rank
17. Something that is carried; a source of stress or worry
burden
violation
annex
vestige
18. To keep down by force; to weigh heavily on
fortify
prevailing
vestige
oppress
19. The courses of study offered by an educational institution
curriculum
severely
fossilize
prevailing
20. Coming back together peacefully after having been enemies
milieu
apex
reconciliation
burden
21. Restricted in outlook; relating to the local parish
secular
parochial
milieu
battle
22. Leaning unfairly in one direction
de facto
biased
roster
rank
23. To choose carefully among options
rank
domesticate
discriminate
distinctly
24. A ceremony meant to achieve a certain purpose
oppress
saga
rite
mobilize
25. To cause to stop for a period; to hang as to allow free movement
secular
domesticate
burden
suspend
26. To act in opposition to; to offer in response
ritually
counter
allegiance
ratio
27. To fall down - usually because of weakness
counter
paradigm
collapse
relic
28. An area or object at the center
core
battle
collapse
oppress
29. To change for the better
domesticate
rite
amend
suspend
30. A result - often one much later in time than the cause
milieu
consequence
prevailing
devise
31. 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
cease
hierarchy
fossilize
in the trenches
32. An action that breaks a law or agreement; mistreatment of something that deserves respect
rank
violation
oppress
collapse
33. To put members of a group into motion
de facto
saga
mobilize
consequence
34. Harshly; extremely
de facto
severely
rigor
devise
35. Large guns that shoot powerful shells; army units that handle such guns
ratio
cremation
vestige
artillery
36. Worldly rather than spiritual; not related to religion
paradigm
secular
Orwellian
resist
37. Frightening and overcontrolled by a government that interferes in nearly every aspect of personal life
Orwellian
prejudiced
burden
conquest
38. Happen or exist at the same time
domesticate
ratio
in the trenches
coincide
39. To make something suitable for being in a home
domesticate
distinctly
amend
longitude
40. A pattern or model; a set of assumptions
fortify
paradigm
consequence
strategic
41. A long story about important events long ago
folklore
assimilate
coincide
saga
42. The act of burning the dead
Orwellian
rigor
curriculum
cremation
43. Make something smaller or weaker
conquest
strategic
diminish
fortify
44. To put into a many-leveled order - depending on importance or achievement
paradigm
mobilize
rank
strategic
45. To find an original way to make an object or a plan
apex
devise
assimilate
burden
46. Clearly
rite
roster
distinctly
strategic
47. To make something (usually land) part of another unit
annex
allegiance
deny
chronologically
48. In order according to time
amend
invasive
chronologically
severely
49. Say that something is not true
folklore
invasive
suspend
deny
50. Strongest or most common
hierarchy
saga
prevailing
apex