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