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