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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. Having superior power and influence
paramount
monopoly
ecclesiastic
nationalism
2. A person's condition or position in the eyes of the law; relative rank or standing - especially in society ;prestige
evangelize
conscript
despot
status
3. Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant; mix together different elements
abdicate
primogeniture
pastoral
fuse
4. A person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the those of the Roman Catholic Church
scorn
suppressed
sovereignty
heretic
5. Of recognized authority or excellence; relating to ancient Greece or Rome
patrilineal
harem
classical
positivism
6. Incapable of being avoided or prevented - bound to happen
concubine
concubine
inevitable
hastened
7. A god or goddess
aristocracy
abdicate
deity
paramount
8. Incapable of being solved or untangled
lineage
monopoly
inextricable
suppressed
9. Native to a certain area
imperial
morality
indigenous
nationalism
10. Based on or tracing descent through the male line
paramount
monasticism
uniformity
patrilineal
11. A group - usually a small part of a larger group - united around some cause
stratify
ethics
venerate
faction
12. A clergyman or other person in religious orders
aristocracy
congregate
maritime
ecclesiastic
13. Someone Who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
fuse
adept
aristocracy
ideology
14. Following in time or order - following - coming after or later
vigor
subsequent
nationalism
lineage
15. Otherworldly; mysterious; enigmatic
subordinate
mystic
imperial
synthesis
16. The ceremony of installing a new monarch
egalitarian
investiture
pluralism
fealty
17. Devotion and reverence to God
inextricable
piety
imperial
positivism
18. Very strict in matters of religious or moral conduct
positivism
monasticism
puritanical
forestalling
19. Preach the gospel (to)
evangelize
prophesized
ethnocentric
ethics
20. Open disrespect for a person or thing - look down on with disdain
scorn
pagan
aristocracy
inevitable
21. A remote and undeveloped area
hinterland
investiture
adherents
innate
22. The most powerful members of a society (some with hereditary titles)
forestalling
aristocracy
decadent
fuse
23. A clergyman or other person in religious orders
classical
ecclesiastic
pluralism
lineage
24. Right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son; seniority by birth
indigenous
pastoral
concubine
primogeniture
25. Natural - inborn
forestalling
innate
fealty
evangelize
26. Predicted; foretold
maritime
prophesized
fealty
monopoly
27. Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
heretic
mortality
medieval
status
28. Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
pluralism
morality
precedent
classical
29. Multiple ethnic or religious groups existing in the same area
sedentary
pluralism
affiliation
prophesized
30. Incapable of being avoided or prevented - bound to happen
ethics
inevitable
ethics
monasticism
31. The body of doctrine - myth - belief - etc. - that guides an individual - social movement - institution - class - or large group.
fealty
ideology
inevitable
pagan
32. Right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son; seniority by birth
primogeniture
ideology
pluralism
inevitable
33. A person who believes in the equality of all people
eradicate
egalitarian
maritime
eunuchs
34. The combination of parts to make a whole
harem
innate
synthesis
ethics
35. Multiple ethnic or religious groups existing in the same area
eradicate
pluralism
ethnocentric
fuse
36. Regard with feelings of respect and reverence
ethics
paramount
classical
venerate
37. A subdivision of a larger religious group - A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination
uniformity
sect
stratify
precedent
38. (n) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
morality
precedent
autonomy
venerate
39. A person's condition or position in the eyes of the law; relative rank or standing - especially in society ;prestige
status
primogeniture
conscript
lineage
40. Very strict in matters of religious or moral conduct
harem
puritanical
emulate
doctrine
41. Centered on a specific ethnic group - usually one's own
vigor
hinterland
ethnocentric
adherents
42. Regard with feelings of respect and reverence
venerate
secular
fealty
ethnocentric
43. Divide society into social classes or castes; to arrange in layers
stratify
piety
manifestation
puritanical
44. Relating to or associated with an empire
imperial
suppressed
faction
investiture
45. Control of a product or service by one company
monopoly
affiliation
doctrine
conscript
46. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen
maritime
pagan
conscript
imperial
47. (n) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
precedent
venerate
emulate
primogeniture
48. A fortified military post where troops are stationed
congregate
medieval
garrison
mystic
49. Believers - followers
maritime
adherents
eunuchs
papacy
50. Someone Who is drafted into military service
sect
conscript
advent
decadent