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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Regard with feelings of respect and reverence
mystic
venerate
indigenous
mystic
2. Incapable of being solved or untangled
eunuchs
harem
papacy
inextricable
3. Woven materials; cloth
autonomy
textiles
advent
garrison
4. Centered on a specific ethnic group - usually one's own
aristocracy
ethnocentric
imperial
primogeniture
5. Belief in government run by religious leaders
doctrine
manifestation
theocracy
mortality
6. Decaying or decayed - especially in terms of morals - downfall
hinterland
egalitarian
decadent
secular
7. Following in time or order - following - coming after or later
pluralism
subsequent
despot
inevitable
8. Someone Who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
sovereignty
subordinate
adept
medieval
9. Death rate
faction
sedentary
mortality
maritime
10. Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
maritime
affiliation
decadent
medieval
11. Open disrespect for a person or thing - look down on with disdain
positivism
concubine
fealty
scorn
12. Mistress
abdicate
concubine
morality
puritanical
13. Strive to equal or match - especially by imitating
eunuchs
ethnocentric
emulate
pastoral
14. To move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry
emulate
manifestation
hastened
ethnocentric
15. To stop; delay - hinder
forestalling
piety
ideology
status
16. (n) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
maritime
inextricable
pagan
precedent
17. Multiple ethnic or religious groups existing in the same area
mortality
piety
pluralism
ideology
18. Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant; mix together different elements
suppressed
uniformity
fuse
despot
19. Of recognized authority or excellence; relating to ancient Greece or Rome
faction
decadent
classical
inextricable
20. Having superior power and influence
paramount
puritanical
pluralism
textiles
21. The combination of parts to make a whole
lineage
primogeniture
synthesis
ideology
22. To wipe out; to destroy
eradicate
maritime
concubine
primogeniture
23. Relating to or associated with an empire
imperial
scorn
venerate
adherents
24. Believers - followers
nationalism
inextricable
venerate
adherents
25. Multiple ethnic or religious groups existing in the same area
subordinate
conscript
secular
pluralism
26. Divide society into social classes or castes; to arrange in layers
stratify
adherents
conscript
despot
27. A god or goddess
egalitarian
monasticism
deity
hastened
28. Centered on a specific ethnic group - usually one's own
manifestation
ethnocentric
textiles
autonomy
29. A group - usually a small part of a larger group - united around some cause
evangelize
papacy
faction
fuse
30. Incapable of being solved or untangled
eunuchs
ethics
inextricable
hinterland
31. Arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
doctrine
advent
subordinate
fuse
32. Someone Who is drafted into military service
pluralism
imperial
conscript
prophesized
33. To stop; delay - hinder
forestalling
eradicate
ecclesiastic
affiliation
34. Natural - inborn
nationalism
garrison
innate
autonomy
35. Of recognized authority or excellence; relating to ancient Greece or Rome
venerate
hinterland
classical
forestalling
36. Strength - energy
congregate
vigor
matrilineal
uniformity
37. A remote and undeveloped area
mystic
maritime
pluralism
hinterland
38. Worldly; not pertaining to church matters or religion
garrison
morality
secular
matrilineal
39. Right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son; seniority by birth
primogeniture
ethnocentric
emulate
despot
40. The official head of the Roman Catholic Church.
prophesized
investiture
harem
papacy
41. The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
patronage
status
prophesized
patrilineal
42. A subdivision of a larger religious group - A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination
ideology
decadent
theocracy
sect
43. The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
evangelize
sovereignty
indigenous
patronage
44. Preach the gospel (to)
evangelize
stratify
hinterland
affiliation
45. Based on or tracing descent through the male line
conscript
patrilineal
monopoly
primogeniture
46. Independence; self-determination - political independence
autonomy
mystic
nationalism
ideology
47. Royal authority; supreme power and authority
status
sovereignty
deity
prophesized
48. Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant; mix together different elements
pagan
ethics
egalitarian
fuse
49. Open disrespect for a person or thing - look down on with disdain
congregate
mortality
scorn
ideology
50. Largely inactive - accustomed to sitting
sedentary
affiliation
venerate
precedent