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Global Words You Should Know
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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. Otherworldly; mysterious; enigmatic
pastoral
mystic
venerate
paramount
2. A god or goddess
affiliation
deity
monasticism
harem
3. A clergyman or other person in religious orders
ecclesiastic
adept
uniformity
harem
4. A fortified military post where troops are stationed
subordinate
piety
uniformity
garrison
5. A person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the those of the Roman Catholic Church
theocracy
advent
vigor
heretic
6. Royal authority; supreme power and authority
papacy
sovereignty
inevitable
congregate
7. Devotion and reverence to God
investiture
hierarchy
garrison
piety
8. To wipe out; to destroy
pagan
subordinate
mystic
eradicate
9. Very strict in matters of religious or moral conduct
puritanical
morality
emulate
venerate
10. Code of morality
faction
harem
piety
ethics
11. Philosophy
doctrine
positivism
piety
hastened
12. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen
pluralism
venerate
paramount
maritime
13. (n) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
sedentary
adept
precedent
innate
14. Incapable of being solved or untangled
synthesis
inextricable
pastoral
manifestation
15. To stop; delay - hinder
forestalling
congregate
suppressed
pagan
16. A group - usually a small part of a larger group - united around some cause
synthesis
paramount
faction
abdicate
17. Devotion and reverence to God
conscript
inextricable
piety
advent
18. The combination of parts to make a whole
adherents
classical
synthesis
harem
19. Strive to equal or match - especially by imitating
piety
heretic
emulate
ethnocentric
20. The ceremony of installing a new monarch
advent
secular
hastened
investiture
21. Direct descent from a particular ancestor
papacy
lineage
inextricable
fealty
22. Otherworldly; mysterious; enigmatic
mystic
autonomy
sedentary
conscript
23. Someone Who is drafted into military service
positivism
manifestation
hierarchy
conscript
24. Related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle
hinterland
positivism
abdicate
pastoral
25. Arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
evangelize
mystic
synthesis
advent
26. A god or goddess
precedent
precedent
subsequent
deity
27. To move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry
autonomy
forestalling
primogeniture
hastened
28. Centered on a specific ethnic group - usually one's own
garrison
lineage
nationalism
ethnocentric
29. Right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son; seniority by birth
conscript
puritanical
primogeniture
egalitarian
30. A remote and undeveloped area
maritime
hinterland
imperial
emulate
31. Regard with feelings of respect and reverence
puritanical
conscript
venerate
adherents
32. A belief - principle - or teaching
fuse
doctrine
aristocracy
indigenous
33. The official head of the Roman Catholic Church.
pluralism
fuse
papacy
harem
34. Relating to or associated with an empire
eradicate
fealty
fealty
imperial
35. Death rate
manifestation
textiles
mortality
synthesis
36. Following in time or order - following - coming after or later
sect
subsequent
indigenous
paramount
37. Natural - inborn
lineage
morality
innate
pastoral
38. Relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the mother
ideology
emulate
matrilineal
investiture
39. Lower in rank or position - secondary; one Who is in a lower position or under the orders of someone else;
paramount
subordinate
monopoly
textiles
40. Castrated males - originally in charge of protection of the ruler's concubines. Eventually had major roles in government - especially in China.
morality
eunuchs
ethnocentric
status
41. A clergyman or other person in religious orders
venerate
ecclesiastic
sect
ethics
42. Philosophy
patronage
positivism
ideology
fuse
43. A subdivision of a larger religious group - A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination
sect
egalitarian
nationalism
scorn
44. Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant; mix together different elements
fuse
inextricable
piety
status
45. Right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son; seniority by birth
nationalism
primogeniture
advent
mystic
46. To give up power
autonomy
faction
paramount
abdicate
47. Decaying or decayed - especially in terms of morals - downfall
decadent
piety
precedent
harem
48. Someone Who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
faction
imperial
classical
adept
49. Related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle
doctrine
pastoral
fuse
papacy
50. Predicted; foretold
prophesized
hinterland
monasticism
scorn