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Global Words You Should Know

Subjects : literacy, 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. A group - usually a small part of a larger group - united around some cause






2. Code of morality






3. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen






4. Mistress






5. Devotion and reverence to God






6. Otherworldly; mysterious; enigmatic






7. A person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the those of the Roman Catholic Church






8. To come together in a group or crowd - assemble






9. Death rate






10. Someone Who is drafted into military service






11. Independence; self-determination - political independence






12. A belief - principle - or teaching






13. Belief in government run by religious leaders






14. To give up power






15. Royal authority; supreme power and authority






16. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household






17. To come together in a group or crowd - assemble






18. Divide society into social classes or castes; to arrange in layers






19. Having superior power and influence






20. To move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry






21. Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant; mix together different elements






22. A fortified military post where troops are stationed






23. Philosophy






24. 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






25. Native to a certain area






26. Royal authority; supreme power and authority






27. Believers - followers






28. The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers






29. The act of being formally connected or joined






30. The ceremony of installing a new monarch






31. Kept from public knowledge by various means; held back






32. To wipe out; to destroy






33. Preach the gospel (to)






34. Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant; mix together different elements






35. A clergyman or other person in religious orders






36. Independence; self-determination - political independence






37. A person who believes in the equality of all people






38. The most powerful members of a society (some with hereditary titles)






39. Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong






40. Very strict in matters of religious or moral conduct






41. Centered on a specific ethnic group - usually one's own






42. Philosophy






43. Based on or tracing descent through the male line






44. Belief in government run by religious leaders






45. A remote and undeveloped area






46. Any system of persons or things ranked one above another






47. Woven materials; cloth






48. Natural - inborn






49. Someone Who is drafted into military service






50. The ceremony of installing a new monarch