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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. Very strict in matters of religious or moral conduct
paramount
puritanical
scorn
maritime
2. Incapable of being avoided or prevented - bound to happen
abdicate
ethics
inevitable
maritime
3. Right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son; seniority by birth
evangelize
maritime
primogeniture
papacy
4. Native to a certain area
indigenous
garrison
advent
inevitable
5. Relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the mother
matrilineal
decadent
imperial
evangelize
6. The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
pagan
secular
textiles
patronage
7. Royal authority; supreme power and authority
primogeniture
eradicate
sovereignty
ecclesiastic
8. Believers - followers
adherents
maritime
classical
investiture
9. Worldly; not pertaining to church matters or religion
heretic
piety
secular
nationalism
10. (n) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
abdicate
precedent
papacy
decadent
11. Worldly; not pertaining to church matters or religion
sedentary
secular
primogeniture
affiliation
12. Love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it
subordinate
innate
hierarchy
nationalism
13. Natural - inborn
autonomy
despot
papacy
innate
14. A person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the those of the Roman Catholic Church
ethics
heretic
suppressed
manifestation
15. (n) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
sedentary
precedent
suppressed
eunuchs
16. Faithfulness; allegiance; loyalty
adherents
abdicate
indigenous
fealty
17. A god or goddess
prophesized
inextricable
deity
aristocracy
18. Centered on a specific ethnic group - usually one's own
emulate
ethnocentric
matrilineal
ideology
19. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
inevitable
papacy
patronage
harem
20. Someone Who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
congregate
matrilineal
vigor
adept
21. The combination of parts to make a whole
synthesis
puritanical
lineage
monasticism
22. Philosophy
primogeniture
eradicate
positivism
abdicate
23. 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
fuse
monasticism
emulate
positivism
24. Natural - inborn
secular
mystic
sect
innate
25. Control of a product or service by one company
prophesized
mortality
lineage
monopoly
26. The body of doctrine - myth - belief - etc. - that guides an individual - social movement - institution - class - or large group.
pastoral
ideology
fuse
uniformity
27. To move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry
vigor
hastened
abdicate
innate
28. To give up power
hinterland
monopoly
sovereignty
abdicate
29. Native to a certain area
scorn
eunuchs
indigenous
vigor
30. To stop; delay - hinder
forestalling
uniformity
classical
sedentary
31. Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
textiles
synthesis
medieval
heretic
32. Lower in rank or position - secondary; one Who is in a lower position or under the orders of someone else;
ethics
subordinate
suppressed
suppressed
33. Open disrespect for a person or thing - look down on with disdain
evangelize
ethics
primogeniture
scorn
34. Woven materials; cloth
hastened
monasticism
textiles
monopoly
35. Mistress
heretic
concubine
textiles
pagan
36. Incapable of being solved or untangled
decadent
indigenous
inextricable
theocracy
37. A belief - principle - or teaching
inevitable
eunuchs
primogeniture
doctrine
38. Largely inactive - accustomed to sitting
primogeniture
sedentary
sovereignty
advent
39. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen
maritime
sedentary
forestalling
congregate
40. Direct descent from a particular ancestor
concubine
harem
lineage
morality
41. Predicted; foretold
prophesized
puritanical
hastened
imperial
42. Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant; mix together different elements
hastened
concubine
precedent
fuse
43. A fortified military post where troops are stationed
paramount
mortality
ideology
garrison
44. Divide society into social classes or castes; to arrange in layers
autonomy
status
stratify
hierarchy
45. Independence; self-determination - political independence
patrilineal
ideology
faction
autonomy
46. A belief - principle - or teaching
venerate
patrilineal
pluralism
doctrine
47. Lower in rank or position - secondary; one Who is in a lower position or under the orders of someone else;
prophesized
inevitable
pagan
subordinate
48. A remote and undeveloped area
affiliation
hinterland
indigenous
precedent
49. Incapable of being avoided or prevented - bound to happen
aristocracy
inevitable
deity
pastoral
50. Decaying or decayed - especially in terms of morals - downfall
decadent
maritime
subordinate
papacy