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Global Words You Should Know
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions.
autonomy
pagan
harem
fealty
2. A god or goddess
uniformity
deity
autonomy
monasticism
3. To stop; delay - hinder
sedentary
forestalling
medieval
heretic
4. Related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle
classical
deity
pastoral
mystic
5. Strive to equal or match - especially by imitating
emulate
eradicate
innate
inevitable
6. The body of doctrine - myth - belief - etc. - that guides an individual - social movement - institution - class - or large group.
harem
mystic
fuse
ideology
7. Outward demonstration; indication of the presence of something;
pluralism
manifestation
concubine
puritanical
8. The act of being formally connected or joined
advent
forestalling
affiliation
faction
9. Incapable of being avoided or prevented - bound to happen
positivism
paramount
inevitable
precedent
10. A clergyman or other person in religious orders
venerate
piety
ecclesiastic
aristocracy
11. Very strict in matters of religious or moral conduct
nationalism
pagan
puritanical
adept
12. Devotion and reverence to God
piety
monasticism
subordinate
subordinate
13. The ceremony of installing a new monarch
aristocracy
investiture
morality
theocracy
14. A cruel and oppressive dictator - tyrant
hinterland
eunuchs
despot
synthesis
15. A cruel and oppressive dictator - tyrant
despot
concubine
sovereignty
inevitable
16. The combination of parts to make a whole
adept
synthesis
eradicate
pastoral
17. To wipe out; to destroy
congregate
puritanical
eradicate
ideology
18. Royal authority; supreme power and authority
secular
sovereignty
evangelize
aristocracy
19. Direct descent from a particular ancestor
nationalism
lineage
forestalling
uniformity
20. Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
ecclesiastic
morality
despot
pastoral
21. A remote and undeveloped area
hinterland
puritanical
inextricable
classical
22. A person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the those of the Roman Catholic Church
fuse
heretic
uniformity
lineage
23. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
fealty
medieval
harem
indigenous
24. A group - usually a small part of a larger group - united around some cause
faction
monopoly
matrilineal
nationalism
25. Someone Who is drafted into military service
conscript
prophesized
doctrine
matrilineal
26. Control of a product or service by one company
deity
monopoly
maritime
subsequent
27. Code of morality
monopoly
vigor
ethics
uniformity
28. Any system of persons or things ranked one above another
hierarchy
eunuchs
autonomy
faction
29. To stop; delay - hinder
secular
forestalling
congregate
secular
30. Worldly; not pertaining to church matters or religion
subordinate
eradicate
secular
pluralism
31. A person's condition or position in the eyes of the law; relative rank or standing - especially in society ;prestige
puritanical
eradicate
status
synthesis
32. Based on or tracing descent through the male line
uniformity
indigenous
patrilineal
theocracy
33. The most powerful members of a society (some with hereditary titles)
heretic
aristocracy
paramount
decadent
34. Kept from public knowledge by various means; held back
ideology
suppressed
adherents
subordinate
35. Otherworldly; mysterious; enigmatic
faction
egalitarian
status
mystic
36. Royal authority; supreme power and authority
autonomy
lineage
ethics
sovereignty
37. A clergyman or other person in religious orders
paramount
pagan
decadent
ecclesiastic
38. Independence; self-determination - political independence
maritime
theocracy
autonomy
eradicate
39. A belief - principle - or teaching
doctrine
evangelize
subsequent
suppressed
40. Open disrespect for a person or thing - look down on with disdain
forestalling
innate
scorn
ethnocentric
41. Strength - energy
primogeniture
forestalling
mortality
vigor
42. Right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son; seniority by birth
monasticism
primogeniture
ecclesiastic
abdicate
43. A subdivision of a larger religious group - A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination
positivism
sect
morality
secular
44. 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
sedentary
puritanical
monasticism
pagan
45. Outward demonstration; indication of the presence of something;
ecclesiastic
maritime
conscript
manifestation
46. Castrated males - originally in charge of protection of the ruler's concubines. Eventually had major roles in government - especially in China.
patronage
decadent
sect
eunuchs
47. Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
sedentary
medieval
primogeniture
fuse
48. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen
pluralism
emulate
maritime
primogeniture
49. A person who believes in the equality of all people
sovereignty
egalitarian
monopoly
synthesis
50. Centered on a specific ethnic group - usually one's own
ethnocentric
deity
pagan
hinterland