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Global Words You Should Know
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Subjects
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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
doctrine
puritanical
lineage
textiles
2. Lower in rank or position - secondary; one Who is in a lower position or under the orders of someone else;
primogeniture
theocracy
subordinate
adept
3. Royal authority; supreme power and authority
sovereignty
piety
monasticism
morality
4. A god or goddess
prophesized
imperial
inextricable
deity
5. A subdivision of a larger religious group - A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination
sect
classical
papacy
status
6. Independence; self-determination - political independence
despot
puritanical
autonomy
doctrine
7. Love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it
nationalism
precedent
ideology
heretic
8. Devotion and reverence to God
faction
suppressed
piety
pagan
9. Relating to or associated with an empire
garrison
paramount
imperial
theocracy
10. Very strict in matters of religious or moral conduct
ethics
secular
puritanical
congregate
11. A group - usually a small part of a larger group - united around some cause
ethnocentric
hastened
scorn
faction
12. Sameness; monotony; uniform - the same all over
uniformity
despot
egalitarian
autonomy
13. To give up power
abdicate
concubine
fuse
mystic
14. A fortified military post where troops are stationed
heretic
garrison
status
autonomy
15. The combination of parts to make a whole
synthesis
fuse
ideology
eradicate
16. Arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
inevitable
adherents
secular
advent
17. Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
status
aristocracy
morality
congregate
18. Sameness; monotony; uniform - the same all over
sovereignty
decadent
uniformity
investiture
19. Mistress
concubine
stratify
ecclesiastic
pagan
20. Woven materials; cloth
subordinate
affiliation
textiles
matrilineal
21. Following in time or order - following - coming after or later
prophesized
autonomy
emulate
subsequent
22. (n) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
secular
emulate
piety
precedent
23. Of recognized authority or excellence; relating to ancient Greece or Rome
maritime
classical
evangelize
papacy
24. A person's condition or position in the eyes of the law; relative rank or standing - especially in society ;prestige
despot
status
maritime
monopoly
25. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen
pagan
evangelize
maritime
eunuchs
26. To move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry
decadent
hastened
stratify
eunuchs
27. A fortified military post where troops are stationed
matrilineal
subsequent
inextricable
garrison
28. Believers - followers
deity
stratify
adherents
indigenous
29. Someone Who is drafted into military service
mortality
vigor
conscript
monopoly
30. Otherworldly; mysterious; enigmatic
mystic
paramount
stratify
advent
31. Any system of persons or things ranked one above another
hierarchy
eradicate
uniformity
piety
32. Strive to equal or match - especially by imitating
hastened
affiliation
emulate
ideology
33. Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
morality
patronage
matrilineal
status
34. Relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the mother
matrilineal
subsequent
puritanical
inextricable
35. Open disrespect for a person or thing - look down on with disdain
evangelize
scorn
aristocracy
abdicate
36. Believers - followers
primogeniture
ethnocentric
adherents
positivism
37. A person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the those of the Roman Catholic Church
subordinate
heretic
abdicate
garrison
38. The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
ethics
hinterland
patronage
uniformity
39. To give up power
adept
abdicate
vigor
forestalling
40. Code of morality
morality
harem
ethics
faction
41. The body of doctrine - myth - belief - etc. - that guides an individual - social movement - institution - class - or large group.
garrison
stratify
subordinate
ideology
42. Open disrespect for a person or thing - look down on with disdain
medieval
hierarchy
paramount
scorn
43. Belief in government run by religious leaders
mystic
ecclesiastic
theocracy
primogeniture
44. The combination of parts to make a whole
secular
deity
pastoral
synthesis
45. Direct descent from a particular ancestor
lineage
deity
patrilineal
adept
46. A subdivision of a larger religious group - A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination
evangelize
deity
ecclesiastic
sect
47. A cruel and oppressive dictator - tyrant
despot
synthesis
positivism
heretic
48. Of recognized authority or excellence; relating to ancient Greece or Rome
lineage
classical
manifestation
prophesized
49. Strength - energy
vigor
hinterland
faction
investiture
50. The ceremony of installing a new monarch
mystic
investiture
morality
classical