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Global Words You Should Know
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literacy
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Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen
maritime
scorn
hastened
congregate
2. Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
medieval
precedent
harem
advent
3. Decaying or decayed - especially in terms of morals - downfall
textiles
decadent
suppressed
stratify
4. Following in time or order - following - coming after or later
venerate
conscript
subsequent
puritanical
5. Predicted; foretold
matrilineal
advent
prophesized
positivism
6. Faithfulness; allegiance; loyalty
emulate
deity
sedentary
fealty
7. Preach the gospel (to)
evangelize
pagan
imperial
puritanical
8. Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
medieval
eradicate
patronage
prophesized
9. Someone Who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
eunuchs
medieval
subordinate
adept
10. Devotion and reverence to God
puritanical
decadent
evangelize
piety
11. Largely inactive - accustomed to sitting
sedentary
mortality
synthesis
ecclesiastic
12. Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
subordinate
egalitarian
affiliation
morality
13. Control of a product or service by one company
puritanical
ideology
hierarchy
monopoly
14. Sameness; monotony; uniform - the same all over
harem
decadent
uniformity
textiles
15. A subdivision of a larger religious group - A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination
pastoral
eradicate
sect
hierarchy
16. (n) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
hastened
precedent
evangelize
vigor
17. A cruel and oppressive dictator - tyrant
status
status
despot
piety
18. Incapable of being solved or untangled
morality
patrilineal
medieval
inextricable
19. The combination of parts to make a whole
hierarchy
textiles
synthesis
pastoral
20. Direct descent from a particular ancestor
mortality
pluralism
lineage
hastened
21. Preach the gospel (to)
evangelize
maritime
subsequent
inextricable
22. The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
ecclesiastic
ethnocentric
patronage
pluralism
23. A person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions.
stratify
synthesis
fuse
pagan
24. Multiple ethnic or religious groups existing in the same area
prophesized
matrilineal
pluralism
fuse
25. Someone Who is drafted into military service
conscript
stratify
egalitarian
theocracy
26. A group - usually a small part of a larger group - united around some cause
classical
suppressed
faction
venerate
27. Open disrespect for a person or thing - look down on with disdain
stratify
scorn
eunuchs
paramount
28. To stop; delay - hinder
patrilineal
classical
adept
forestalling
29. The act of being formally connected or joined
affiliation
evangelize
monopoly
abdicate
30. Strength - energy
ecclesiastic
lineage
vigor
advent
31. A god or goddess
venerate
innate
patrilineal
deity
32. Right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son; seniority by birth
piety
hierarchy
primogeniture
ethics
33. To give up power
fuse
abdicate
piety
puritanical
34. Devotion and reverence to God
secular
piety
eunuchs
monopoly
35. Incapable of being avoided or prevented - bound to happen
sect
mortality
inevitable
indigenous
36. Belief in government run by religious leaders
theocracy
evangelize
ideology
faction
37. A person's condition or position in the eyes of the law; relative rank or standing - especially in society ;prestige
primogeniture
status
heretic
harem
38. Native to a certain area
synthesis
indigenous
primogeniture
prophesized
39. Predicted; foretold
imperial
ecclesiastic
vigor
prophesized
40. Relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the mother
medieval
advent
evangelize
matrilineal
41. Related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle
secular
pastoral
ethics
inevitable
42. Of recognized authority or excellence; relating to ancient Greece or Rome
congregate
classical
vigor
forestalling
43. Kept from public knowledge by various means; held back
ethics
suppressed
faction
decadent
44. Code of morality
paramount
ethics
pagan
hastened
45. A person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the those of the Roman Catholic Church
autonomy
heretic
fealty
abdicate
46. Independence; self-determination - political independence
morality
lineage
autonomy
eradicate
47. Right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son; seniority by birth
piety
matrilineal
primogeniture
imperial
48. To move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry
morality
hastened
ecclesiastic
imperial
49. Outward demonstration; indication of the presence of something;
eradicate
manifestation
paramount
sedentary
50. Lower in rank or position - secondary; one Who is in a lower position or under the orders of someone else;
eunuchs
emulate
faction
subordinate