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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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1. To move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry
hinterland
eunuchs
doctrine
hastened
2. Woven materials; cloth
innate
concubine
monasticism
textiles
3. The ceremony of installing a new monarch
congregate
investiture
fuse
suppressed
4. Belief in government run by religious leaders
deity
ethnocentric
emulate
theocracy
5. Control of a product or service by one company
puritanical
subsequent
monopoly
decadent
6. The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
synthesis
sedentary
concubine
patronage
7. Direct descent from a particular ancestor
patronage
pagan
abdicate
lineage
8. A person who believes in the equality of all people
egalitarian
patronage
vigor
theocracy
9. Predicted; foretold
prophesized
ethics
advent
matrilineal
10. Incapable of being avoided or prevented - bound to happen
inevitable
manifestation
subsequent
maritime
11. Someone Who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
heretic
patrilineal
innate
adept
12. To come together in a group or crowd - assemble
heretic
congregate
pluralism
subordinate
13. The body of doctrine - myth - belief - etc. - that guides an individual - social movement - institution - class - or large group.
vigor
advent
theocracy
ideology
14. Arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
heretic
advent
patrilineal
mystic
15. Outward demonstration; indication of the presence of something;
precedent
manifestation
primogeniture
deity
16. Kept from public knowledge by various means; held back
subsequent
suppressed
deity
sovereignty
17. A belief - principle - or teaching
imperial
abdicate
hastened
doctrine
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
medieval
despot
eunuchs
monasticism
19. Devotion and reverence to God
inevitable
subordinate
synthesis
piety
20. The most powerful members of a society (some with hereditary titles)
aristocracy
advent
affiliation
pastoral
21. Incapable of being avoided or prevented - bound to happen
venerate
sedentary
positivism
inevitable
22. The official head of the Roman Catholic Church.
papacy
venerate
lineage
pastoral
23. Incapable of being solved or untangled
vigor
suppressed
inextricable
primogeniture
24. Mistress
pagan
concubine
theocracy
monopoly
25. Code of morality
textiles
medieval
hierarchy
ethics
26. Philosophy
prophesized
vigor
hinterland
positivism
27. Very strict in matters of religious or moral conduct
sovereignty
matrilineal
puritanical
ideology
28. A remote and undeveloped area
venerate
hinterland
scorn
nationalism
29. The act of being formally connected or joined
harem
affiliation
conscript
hastened
30. Death rate
mortality
abdicate
inextricable
pluralism
31. Very strict in matters of religious or moral conduct
suppressed
puritanical
forestalling
ideology
32. Castrated males - originally in charge of protection of the ruler's concubines. Eventually had major roles in government - especially in China.
ideology
uniformity
eunuchs
inextricable
33. Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
emulate
medieval
textiles
prophesized
34. Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
medieval
ethics
scorn
patrilineal
35. To stop; delay - hinder
classical
synthesis
forestalling
classical
36. The combination of parts to make a whole
patrilineal
synthesis
harem
congregate
37. Decaying or decayed - especially in terms of morals - downfall
imperial
decadent
deity
patronage
38. Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant; mix together different elements
positivism
mystic
fuse
fealty
39. A clergyman or other person in religious orders
sect
ecclesiastic
patronage
piety
40. Multiple ethnic or religious groups existing in the same area
pluralism
primogeniture
scorn
fealty
41. Centered on a specific ethnic group - usually one's own
ethnocentric
decadent
innate
synthesis
42. Native to a certain area
vigor
concubine
papacy
indigenous
43. Love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it
nationalism
indigenous
pagan
maritime
44. Right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son; seniority by birth
primogeniture
advent
harem
theocracy
45. Preach the gospel (to)
uniformity
evangelize
classical
papacy
46. Direct descent from a particular ancestor
mortality
matrilineal
adherents
lineage
47. Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant; mix together different elements
hierarchy
fuse
prophesized
suppressed
48. To stop; delay - hinder
morality
congregate
forestalling
positivism
49. Relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the mother
paramount
patronage
matrilineal
textiles
50. To come together in a group or crowd - assemble
conscript
congregate
maritime
adherents