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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
faction
paramount
patronage
heretic
2. A cruel and oppressive dictator - tyrant
uniformity
affiliation
inevitable
despot
3. To come together in a group or crowd - assemble
medieval
congregate
patrilineal
adherents
4. Strive to equal or match - especially by imitating
nationalism
emulate
primogeniture
autonomy
5. Kept from public knowledge by various means; held back
suppressed
sovereignty
forestalling
hinterland
6. Faithfulness; allegiance; loyalty
fealty
eradicate
faction
autonomy
7. A group - usually a small part of a larger group - united around some cause
piety
pluralism
classical
faction
8. To stop; delay - hinder
evangelize
forestalling
patrilineal
inevitable
9. A fortified military post where troops are stationed
matrilineal
pluralism
garrison
morality
10. Someone Who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
maritime
hinterland
adept
positivism
11. Love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it
fealty
nationalism
mystic
pastoral
12. Arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
despot
emulate
advent
vigor
13. To stop; delay - hinder
pastoral
hastened
forestalling
sovereignty
14. Outward demonstration; indication of the presence of something;
pluralism
manifestation
venerate
harem
15. Strength - energy
theocracy
aristocracy
evangelize
vigor
16. Related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle
mystic
pastoral
stratify
positivism
17. Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
theocracy
morality
stratify
medieval
18. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen
maritime
pastoral
doctrine
synthesis
19. A person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the those of the Roman Catholic Church
suppressed
heretic
egalitarian
positivism
20. The combination of parts to make a whole
evangelize
fuse
synthesis
secular
21. Death rate
mortality
hastened
egalitarian
classical
22. A god or goddess
deity
ethnocentric
matrilineal
papacy
23. (n) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
monopoly
precedent
manifestation
hinterland
24. Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant; mix together different elements
fuse
patrilineal
theocracy
hastened
25. The most powerful members of a society (some with hereditary titles)
aristocracy
primogeniture
stratify
patronage
26. To give up power
classical
eunuchs
nationalism
abdicate
27. The body of doctrine - myth - belief - etc. - that guides an individual - social movement - institution - class - or large group.
investiture
maritime
scorn
ideology
28. Very strict in matters of religious or moral conduct
subsequent
puritanical
autonomy
adept
29. Direct descent from a particular ancestor
affiliation
pagan
uniformity
lineage
30. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen
precedent
hastened
despot
maritime
31. Open disrespect for a person or thing - look down on with disdain
pagan
scorn
theocracy
heretic
32. A person's condition or position in the eyes of the law; relative rank or standing - especially in society ;prestige
status
harem
indigenous
evangelize
33. A remote and undeveloped area
egalitarian
synthesis
hinterland
conscript
34. Relating to or associated with an empire
pagan
imperial
fealty
subordinate
35. Kept from public knowledge by various means; held back
piety
suppressed
theocracy
eunuchs
36. Predicted; foretold
pastoral
status
ecclesiastic
prophesized
37. Incapable of being solved or untangled
inextricable
status
matrilineal
matrilineal
38. Strive to equal or match - especially by imitating
adherents
autonomy
emulate
garrison
39. A person who believes in the equality of all people
harem
affiliation
egalitarian
innate
40. Philosophy
faction
venerate
positivism
forestalling
41. Philosophy
mystic
fuse
positivism
hinterland
42. The most powerful members of a society (some with hereditary titles)
forestalling
egalitarian
conscript
aristocracy
43. To move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry
hastened
fuse
heretic
medieval
44. Love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it
puritanical
ideology
adept
nationalism
45. Open disrespect for a person or thing - look down on with disdain
pastoral
advent
scorn
medieval
46. Faithfulness; allegiance; loyalty
secular
hastened
fuse
fealty
47. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
harem
patronage
theocracy
inextricable
48. The act of being formally connected or joined
fealty
affiliation
paramount
pagan
49. Largely inactive - accustomed to sitting
sedentary
subsequent
advent
concubine
50. Preach the gospel (to)
evangelize
garrison
puritanical
indigenous