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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. To give up power
abdicate
hastened
emulate
morality
2. Largely inactive - accustomed to sitting
sedentary
garrison
lineage
evangelize
3. Centered on a specific ethnic group - usually one's own
ethnocentric
doctrine
pastoral
egalitarian
4. Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
medieval
patrilineal
fuse
egalitarian
5. Of recognized authority or excellence; relating to ancient Greece or Rome
textiles
garrison
classical
conscript
6. Open disrespect for a person or thing - look down on with disdain
fuse
morality
fealty
scorn
7. A remote and undeveloped area
patronage
investiture
hinterland
mortality
8. Death rate
harem
innate
mortality
medieval
9. A person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions.
doctrine
hastened
emulate
pagan
10. Regard with feelings of respect and reverence
indigenous
uniformity
puritanical
venerate
11. The act of being formally connected or joined
concubine
affiliation
uniformity
paramount
12. Believers - followers
forestalling
adherents
patrilineal
monasticism
13. A clergyman or other person in religious orders
eunuchs
primogeniture
pagan
ecclesiastic
14. To come together in a group or crowd - assemble
ecclesiastic
venerate
patronage
congregate
15. Predicted; foretold
papacy
indigenous
faction
prophesized
16. A person's condition or position in the eyes of the law; relative rank or standing - especially in society ;prestige
status
stratify
indigenous
emulate
17. A remote and undeveloped area
hinterland
piety
affiliation
papacy
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
monasticism
affiliation
decadent
pastoral
19. Believers - followers
adherents
ideology
pluralism
subordinate
20. A subdivision of a larger religious group - A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination
garrison
hierarchy
uniformity
sect
21. Philosophy
positivism
subordinate
eradicate
status
22. Natural - inborn
innate
synthesis
papacy
mortality
23. Open disrespect for a person or thing - look down on with disdain
inextricable
scorn
piety
mystic
24. Predicted; foretold
eradicate
doctrine
eunuchs
prophesized
25. A belief - principle - or teaching
conscript
secular
pluralism
doctrine
26. A god or goddess
fealty
faction
ethnocentric
deity
27. To give up power
abdicate
mystic
egalitarian
paramount
28. Strive to equal or match - especially by imitating
suppressed
emulate
fealty
mortality
29. Regard with feelings of respect and reverence
uniformity
venerate
monopoly
subordinate
30. Having superior power and influence
paramount
pluralism
medieval
adherents
31. Mistress
concubine
despot
deity
venerate
32. Faithfulness; allegiance; loyalty
subordinate
fealty
emulate
vigor
33. To stop; delay - hinder
eunuchs
concubine
forestalling
pagan
34. To wipe out; to destroy
eradicate
morality
conscript
lineage
35. Code of morality
fuse
nationalism
congregate
ethics
36. Native to a certain area
adherents
fuse
sovereignty
indigenous
37. Having superior power and influence
eradicate
ethics
paramount
fealty
38. Very strict in matters of religious or moral conduct
advent
inextricable
puritanical
affiliation
39. The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
puritanical
congregate
patronage
indigenous
40. Multiple ethnic or religious groups existing in the same area
vigor
venerate
pluralism
primogeniture
41. Independence; self-determination - political independence
adept
ecclesiastic
sedentary
autonomy
42. Decaying or decayed - especially in terms of morals - downfall
morality
patronage
mortality
decadent
43. A person who believes in the equality of all people
egalitarian
harem
puritanical
hinterland
44. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
fuse
harem
patronage
emulate
45. Someone Who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
adept
manifestation
nationalism
medieval
46. Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant; mix together different elements
positivism
harem
fuse
hierarchy
47. Outward demonstration; indication of the presence of something;
manifestation
ethnocentric
advent
sedentary
48. Incapable of being solved or untangled
monasticism
heretic
inextricable
mystic
49. Love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it
harem
aristocracy
nationalism
primogeniture
50. A clergyman or other person in religious orders
piety
ecclesiastic
egalitarian
stratify