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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. Direct descent from a particular ancestor
inevitable
lineage
hinterland
suppressed
2. The official head of the Roman Catholic Church.
congregate
lineage
papacy
lineage
3. Open disrespect for a person or thing - look down on with disdain
scorn
precedent
decadent
patronage
4. A clergyman or other person in religious orders
abdicate
faction
ecclesiastic
investiture
5. A god or goddess
lineage
doctrine
status
deity
6. Centered on a specific ethnic group - usually one's own
vigor
patronage
ethnocentric
heretic
7. Incapable of being avoided or prevented - bound to happen
inevitable
sedentary
advent
aristocracy
8. Predicted; foretold
prophesized
maritime
innate
decadent
9. A person's condition or position in the eyes of the law; relative rank or standing - especially in society ;prestige
mystic
synthesis
inevitable
status
10. A remote and undeveloped area
monasticism
hinterland
concubine
forestalling
11. A cruel and oppressive dictator - tyrant
ethics
subsequent
despot
doctrine
12. The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
patronage
concubine
hastened
garrison
13. Love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it
mortality
affiliation
manifestation
nationalism
14. Castrated males - originally in charge of protection of the ruler's concubines. Eventually had major roles in government - especially in China.
paramount
eunuchs
medieval
monasticism
15. The official head of the Roman Catholic Church.
adept
manifestation
papacy
manifestation
16. Belief in government run by religious leaders
prophesized
forestalling
egalitarian
theocracy
17. Philosophy
hierarchy
matrilineal
uniformity
positivism
18. Of recognized authority or excellence; relating to ancient Greece or Rome
classical
evangelize
doctrine
inextricable
19. Natural - inborn
subordinate
innate
hierarchy
lineage
20. Incapable of being avoided or prevented - bound to happen
nationalism
aristocracy
evangelize
inevitable
21. Death rate
piety
ecclesiastic
mortality
uniformity
22. A fortified military post where troops are stationed
investiture
affiliation
garrison
adept
23. Devotion and reverence to God
piety
scorn
precedent
monopoly
24. Arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
synthesis
fuse
advent
scorn
25. Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
theocracy
classical
forestalling
medieval
26. Belief in government run by religious leaders
fealty
theocracy
autonomy
ethnocentric
27. Independence; self-determination - political independence
ethics
pastoral
hastened
autonomy
28. Strive to equal or match - especially by imitating
prophesized
emulate
patronage
subordinate
29. Someone Who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
subordinate
conscript
manifestation
adept
30. A person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions.
evangelize
pagan
hinterland
innate
31. Outward demonstration; indication of the presence of something;
vigor
patrilineal
manifestation
ethnocentric
32. To come together in a group or crowd - assemble
autonomy
congregate
sovereignty
patrilineal
33. Following in time or order - following - coming after or later
egalitarian
mortality
subsequent
theocracy
34. To stop; delay - hinder
inevitable
innate
forestalling
nationalism
35. The body of doctrine - myth - belief - etc. - that guides an individual - social movement - institution - class - or large group.
inevitable
maritime
garrison
ideology
36. Lower in rank or position - secondary; one Who is in a lower position or under the orders of someone else;
subordinate
positivism
autonomy
ethnocentric
37. Faithfulness; allegiance; loyalty
pagan
garrison
evangelize
fealty
38. Control of a product or service by one company
monopoly
aristocracy
hierarchy
uniformity
39. (n) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
subordinate
adherents
precedent
eradicate
40. A belief - principle - or teaching
ethics
medieval
doctrine
venerate
41. To move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry
mystic
hastened
prophesized
primogeniture
42. Otherworldly; mysterious; enigmatic
synthesis
pastoral
mystic
adept
43. Kept from public knowledge by various means; held back
venerate
suppressed
paramount
scorn
44. Right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son; seniority by birth
egalitarian
lineage
matrilineal
primogeniture
45. Otherworldly; mysterious; enigmatic
paramount
autonomy
forestalling
mystic
46. Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant; mix together different elements
fuse
matrilineal
textiles
sovereignty
47. The most powerful members of a society (some with hereditary titles)
hierarchy
paramount
emulate
aristocracy
48. To give up power
abdicate
pluralism
uniformity
subsequent
49. Native to a certain area
mortality
doctrine
hastened
indigenous
50. 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
innate
evangelize
monasticism
hastened