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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. Largely inactive - accustomed to sitting
congregate
nationalism
sedentary
prophesized
2. Mistress
mystic
concubine
forestalling
egalitarian
3. A clergyman or other person in religious orders
ethics
advent
inevitable
ecclesiastic
4. Kept from public knowledge by various means; held back
faction
suppressed
maritime
eunuchs
5. Natural - inborn
innate
decadent
doctrine
theocracy
6. The combination of parts to make a whole
conscript
synthesis
puritanical
garrison
7. Strive to equal or match - especially by imitating
emulate
heretic
ethics
advent
8. A cruel and oppressive dictator - tyrant
maritime
despot
autonomy
matrilineal
9. The official head of the Roman Catholic Church.
inevitable
primogeniture
papacy
concubine
10. Outward demonstration; indication of the presence of something;
manifestation
subsequent
secular
morality
11. To wipe out; to destroy
inevitable
eradicate
medieval
maritime
12. Strength - energy
harem
patrilineal
vigor
garrison
13. (n) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
adept
papacy
precedent
pluralism
14. Incapable of being avoided or prevented - bound to happen
harem
indigenous
mortality
inevitable
15. The official head of the Roman Catholic Church.
pastoral
maritime
papacy
egalitarian
16. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen
mystic
hierarchy
maritime
concubine
17. Centered on a specific ethnic group - usually one's own
doctrine
ethnocentric
aristocracy
vigor
18. Lower in rank or position - secondary; one Who is in a lower position or under the orders of someone else;
garrison
subordinate
patrilineal
faction
19. Decaying or decayed - especially in terms of morals - downfall
mystic
decadent
status
inextricable
20. 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
adherents
eunuchs
garrison
monasticism
21. Regard with feelings of respect and reverence
emulate
evangelize
venerate
lineage
22. Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant; mix together different elements
sovereignty
fuse
indigenous
decadent
23. Related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle
mystic
patronage
pastoral
harem
24. The ceremony of installing a new monarch
hinterland
investiture
papacy
imperial
25. A god or goddess
monasticism
deity
suppressed
theocracy
26. Someone Who is drafted into military service
conscript
pastoral
garrison
inevitable
27. Love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it
hierarchy
nationalism
concubine
secular
28. The act of being formally connected or joined
theocracy
imperial
affiliation
morality
29. Divide society into social classes or castes; to arrange in layers
stratify
sect
subsequent
maritime
30. Largely inactive - accustomed to sitting
sedentary
forestalling
decadent
paramount
31. A subdivision of a larger religious group - A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination
prophesized
sect
hierarchy
eunuchs
32. A person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions.
pagan
mystic
egalitarian
inextricable
33. A belief - principle - or teaching
concubine
monopoly
doctrine
scorn
34. Sameness; monotony; uniform - the same all over
mystic
adherents
primogeniture
uniformity
35. A person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the those of the Roman Catholic Church
matrilineal
heretic
fealty
eunuchs
36. Centered on a specific ethnic group - usually one's own
mystic
ethnocentric
morality
congregate
37. (n) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
indigenous
deity
inevitable
precedent
38. A person who believes in the equality of all people
forestalling
egalitarian
abdicate
pastoral
39. Related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle
conscript
sedentary
pastoral
theocracy
40. Having superior power and influence
paramount
patronage
medieval
pagan
41. Independence; self-determination - political independence
puritanical
autonomy
emulate
subsequent
42. Devotion and reverence to God
conscript
piety
medieval
pastoral
43. Very strict in matters of religious or moral conduct
vigor
puritanical
innate
venerate
44. Multiple ethnic or religious groups existing in the same area
monopoly
faction
pluralism
sovereignty
45. Right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son; seniority by birth
textiles
status
subsequent
primogeniture
46. To move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry
ecclesiastic
investiture
advent
hastened
47. Love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it
despot
primogeniture
advent
nationalism
48. The body of doctrine - myth - belief - etc. - that guides an individual - social movement - institution - class - or large group.
sect
ideology
fealty
hinterland
49. Control of a product or service by one company
faction
monopoly
patrilineal
medieval
50. Relating to or associated with an empire
imperial
classical
papacy
ideology