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Global Words You Should Know
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Castrated males - originally in charge of protection of the ruler's concubines. Eventually had major roles in government - especially in China.
primogeniture
matrilineal
eunuchs
patronage
2. Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant; mix together different elements
patronage
fuse
faction
evangelize
3. Largely inactive - accustomed to sitting
concubine
eunuchs
pastoral
sedentary
4. Lower in rank or position - secondary; one Who is in a lower position or under the orders of someone else;
adept
papacy
subordinate
lineage
5. Predicted; foretold
sect
subsequent
prophesized
textiles
6. Death rate
matrilineal
subordinate
aristocracy
mortality
7. Independence; self-determination - political independence
autonomy
morality
patronage
secular
8. Devotion and reverence to God
morality
positivism
piety
faction
9. Worldly; not pertaining to church matters or religion
evangelize
puritanical
congregate
secular
10. Someone Who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
maritime
deity
theocracy
adept
11. To wipe out; to destroy
mystic
emulate
decadent
eradicate
12. Incapable of being avoided or prevented - bound to happen
vigor
medieval
inevitable
adept
13. Any system of persons or things ranked one above another
hierarchy
uniformity
inevitable
papacy
14. Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
subsequent
vigor
aristocracy
medieval
15. Having superior power and influence
paramount
primogeniture
deity
indigenous
16. The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
prophesized
patronage
maritime
forestalling
17. Divide society into social classes or castes; to arrange in layers
fealty
status
scorn
stratify
18. Royal authority; supreme power and authority
sovereignty
morality
hierarchy
evangelize
19. Philosophy
indigenous
sovereignty
positivism
autonomy
20. The combination of parts to make a whole
deity
fealty
synthesis
adept
21. Sameness; monotony; uniform - the same all over
medieval
piety
uniformity
advent
22. Strive to equal or match - especially by imitating
concubine
emulate
hierarchy
adept
23. Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
garrison
fealty
morality
emulate
24. Castrated males - originally in charge of protection of the ruler's concubines. Eventually had major roles in government - especially in China.
doctrine
eunuchs
inevitable
sect
25. Faithfulness; allegiance; loyalty
innate
indigenous
pluralism
fealty
26. Native to a certain area
indigenous
ecclesiastic
advent
evangelize
27. Multiple ethnic or religious groups existing in the same area
monasticism
patronage
pluralism
monasticism
28. A belief - principle - or teaching
despot
secular
faction
doctrine
29. Largely inactive - accustomed to sitting
sedentary
vigor
precedent
aristocracy
30. The body of doctrine - myth - belief - etc. - that guides an individual - social movement - institution - class - or large group.
ideology
imperial
sovereignty
lineage
31. A person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions.
pagan
morality
synthesis
forestalling
32. To stop; delay - hinder
forestalling
monasticism
ecclesiastic
congregate
33. To come together in a group or crowd - assemble
pastoral
congregate
pagan
nationalism
34. Arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
fealty
advent
affiliation
concubine
35. Independence; self-determination - political independence
lineage
autonomy
fealty
medieval
36. Relating to or associated with an empire
monopoly
imperial
harem
despot
37. Believers - followers
adherents
fealty
abdicate
nationalism
38. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
harem
ethnocentric
uniformity
imperial
39. To wipe out; to destroy
morality
eradicate
puritanical
scorn
40. Outward demonstration; indication of the presence of something;
puritanical
stratify
manifestation
secular
41. Relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the mother
deity
garrison
doctrine
matrilineal
42. Having superior power and influence
lineage
doctrine
puritanical
paramount
43. To stop; delay - hinder
inextricable
paramount
manifestation
forestalling
44. To give up power
aristocracy
fuse
positivism
abdicate
45. Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
lineage
fealty
morality
congregate
46. The act of being formally connected or joined
secular
ecclesiastic
affiliation
synthesis
47. Lower in rank or position - secondary; one Who is in a lower position or under the orders of someone else;
decadent
innate
subordinate
hastened
48. Code of morality
ethics
abdicate
secular
congregate
49. Belief in government run by religious leaders
hastened
prophesized
theocracy
autonomy
50. The official head of the Roman Catholic Church.
papacy
venerate
doctrine
faction