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Global Words You Should Know
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literacy
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Worldly; not pertaining to church matters or religion
monasticism
secular
classical
fuse
2. A cruel and oppressive dictator - tyrant
sedentary
subsequent
despot
harem
3. Any system of persons or things ranked one above another
innate
hierarchy
hastened
ecclesiastic
4. Open disrespect for a person or thing - look down on with disdain
scorn
classical
puritanical
ethnocentric
5. Someone Who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
adept
uniformity
primogeniture
conscript
6. A subdivision of a larger religious group - A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination
eradicate
vigor
investiture
sect
7. Divide society into social classes or castes; to arrange in layers
investiture
inevitable
stratify
manifestation
8. Woven materials; cloth
primogeniture
textiles
autonomy
positivism
9. Centered on a specific ethnic group - usually one's own
eunuchs
ethnocentric
piety
inextricable
10. A fortified military post where troops are stationed
manifestation
sedentary
garrison
matrilineal
11. Predicted; foretold
monopoly
fealty
prophesized
conscript
12. Otherworldly; mysterious; enigmatic
matrilineal
mystic
precedent
emulate
13. A person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the those of the Roman Catholic Church
ethics
doctrine
venerate
heretic
14. Independence; self-determination - political independence
textiles
patronage
investiture
autonomy
15. To give up power
maritime
monopoly
doctrine
abdicate
16. Direct descent from a particular ancestor
abdicate
ecclesiastic
maritime
lineage
17. Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
doctrine
sovereignty
morality
classical
18. 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
manifestation
monasticism
investiture
imperial
19. To move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry
subsequent
hastened
heretic
ideology
20. A clergyman or other person in religious orders
abdicate
ideology
ecclesiastic
garrison
21. (n) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
venerate
puritanical
precedent
synthesis
22. Faithfulness; allegiance; loyalty
emulate
inevitable
fealty
mystic
23. Very strict in matters of religious or moral conduct
forestalling
puritanical
piety
papacy
24. Arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
stratify
advent
adept
concubine
25. Lower in rank or position - secondary; one Who is in a lower position or under the orders of someone else;
ideology
subordinate
hierarchy
mystic
26. Strength - energy
eradicate
fuse
vigor
concubine
27. Preach the gospel (to)
evangelize
imperial
classical
prophesized
28. Someone Who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
stratify
venerate
adept
hinterland
29. Having superior power and influence
subordinate
paramount
piety
morality
30. To stop; delay - hinder
forestalling
conscript
hinterland
hastened
31. A group - usually a small part of a larger group - united around some cause
textiles
fuse
faction
uniformity
32. A person who believes in the equality of all people
investiture
aristocracy
emulate
egalitarian
33. Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant; mix together different elements
fuse
ideology
faction
prophesized
34. Native to a certain area
nationalism
matrilineal
ideology
indigenous
35. Royal authority; supreme power and authority
sect
doctrine
sovereignty
affiliation
36. (n) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
pagan
piety
fuse
precedent
37. Death rate
evangelize
forestalling
advent
mortality
38. Code of morality
hinterland
innate
ethics
pagan
39. The body of doctrine - myth - belief - etc. - that guides an individual - social movement - institution - class - or large group.
ideology
fuse
prophesized
medieval
40. Love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it
nationalism
suppressed
pagan
paramount
41. Very strict in matters of religious or moral conduct
pluralism
investiture
puritanical
autonomy
42. Philosophy
maritime
hastened
imperial
positivism
43. Kept from public knowledge by various means; held back
medieval
patronage
suppressed
ethnocentric
44. Incapable of being solved or untangled
inextricable
classical
ethnocentric
manifestation
45. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen
maritime
classical
autonomy
scorn
46. Mistress
venerate
concubine
maritime
sedentary
47. Open disrespect for a person or thing - look down on with disdain
scorn
theocracy
congregate
congregate
48. To stop; delay - hinder
eradicate
classical
theocracy
forestalling
49. Worldly; not pertaining to church matters or religion
garrison
heretic
secular
forestalling
50. Incapable of being avoided or prevented - bound to happen
inevitable
scorn
stratify
mortality