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Global Words You Should Know
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Subjects
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literacy
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vocabulary
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Preach the gospel (to)
evangelize
sedentary
puritanical
deity
2. Strength - energy
decadent
sect
imperial
vigor
3. Direct descent from a particular ancestor
garrison
lineage
heretic
papacy
4. To wipe out; to destroy
eradicate
paramount
vigor
prophesized
5. Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
morality
ethics
precedent
medieval
6. (n) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
precedent
ideology
stratify
sedentary
7. The combination of parts to make a whole
papacy
synthesis
adept
scorn
8. Related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle
pastoral
patronage
medieval
investiture
9. Any system of persons or things ranked one above another
ecclesiastic
hierarchy
venerate
emulate
10. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen
ecclesiastic
adherents
maritime
inextricable
11. A belief - principle - or teaching
doctrine
positivism
heretic
innate
12. Native to a certain area
inevitable
indigenous
garrison
nationalism
13. Preach the gospel (to)
piety
evangelize
adherents
synthesis
14. Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
morality
ethnocentric
pastoral
deity
15. Believers - followers
aristocracy
adherents
theocracy
hinterland
16. Death rate
autonomy
matrilineal
mortality
monopoly
17. 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
monasticism
deity
pastoral
congregate
18. Someone Who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
sect
adept
mortality
paramount
19. Belief in government run by religious leaders
theocracy
hierarchy
maritime
adherents
20. Strive to equal or match - especially by imitating
piety
faction
emulate
fuse
21. Code of morality
congregate
ethnocentric
nationalism
ethics
22. Death rate
classical
inevitable
mortality
textiles
23. A remote and undeveloped area
hinterland
venerate
patrilineal
mortality
24. Otherworldly; mysterious; enigmatic
prophesized
eunuchs
heretic
mystic
25. A person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions.
hierarchy
patronage
morality
pagan
26. Regard with feelings of respect and reverence
abdicate
fuse
venerate
hinterland
27. Woven materials; cloth
textiles
piety
precedent
adherents
28. Love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it
fuse
medieval
primogeniture
nationalism
29. Worldly; not pertaining to church matters or religion
pluralism
egalitarian
inextricable
secular
30. Sameness; monotony; uniform - the same all over
uniformity
stratify
ideology
monopoly
31. Royal authority; supreme power and authority
paramount
decadent
venerate
sovereignty
32. Divide society into social classes or castes; to arrange in layers
uniformity
stratify
mortality
morality
33. A subdivision of a larger religious group - A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination
textiles
precedent
subordinate
sect
34. Mistress
concubine
abdicate
despot
sedentary
35. The most powerful members of a society (some with hereditary titles)
aristocracy
scorn
ecclesiastic
inextricable
36. Faithfulness; allegiance; loyalty
decadent
sect
investiture
fealty
37. The official head of the Roman Catholic Church.
papacy
sect
primogeniture
aristocracy
38. Otherworldly; mysterious; enigmatic
patrilineal
mystic
egalitarian
scorn
39. To move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry
hastened
secular
pluralism
maritime
40. A cruel and oppressive dictator - tyrant
harem
hierarchy
despot
evangelize
41. Having superior power and influence
matrilineal
stratify
monasticism
paramount
42. To give up power
abdicate
precedent
sedentary
stratify
43. Very strict in matters of religious or moral conduct
inevitable
fuse
puritanical
suppressed
44. Believers - followers
congregate
decadent
adherents
suppressed
45. Relating to or associated with an empire
ecclesiastic
synthesis
imperial
primogeniture
46. A belief - principle - or teaching
adherents
doctrine
paramount
mystic
47. Philosophy
secular
inevitable
garrison
positivism
48. Arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
sect
advent
manifestation
conscript
49. Strive to equal or match - especially by imitating
manifestation
emulate
eunuchs
heretic
50. A person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the those of the Roman Catholic Church
heretic
secular
innate
subordinate