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Global Words You Should Know
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literacy
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
medieval
conscript
aristocracy
secular
2. Worldly; not pertaining to church matters or religion
pluralism
deity
papacy
secular
3. The combination of parts to make a whole
despot
medieval
synthesis
investiture
4. A clergyman or other person in religious orders
autonomy
venerate
ecclesiastic
suppressed
5. To stop; delay - hinder
forestalling
eunuchs
subsequent
hinterland
6. Predicted; foretold
sovereignty
prophesized
ecclesiastic
patrilineal
7. A person who believes in the equality of all people
egalitarian
deity
stratify
stratify
8. A person's condition or position in the eyes of the law; relative rank or standing - especially in society ;prestige
harem
emulate
secular
status
9. Regard with feelings of respect and reverence
mortality
venerate
paramount
theocracy
10. A cruel and oppressive dictator - tyrant
despot
autonomy
matrilineal
aristocracy
11. Largely inactive - accustomed to sitting
morality
lineage
subordinate
sedentary
12. The most powerful members of a society (some with hereditary titles)
textiles
puritanical
ethnocentric
aristocracy
13. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
harem
theocracy
puritanical
pagan
14. Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant; mix together different elements
pastoral
fuse
affiliation
sect
15. The official head of the Roman Catholic Church.
aristocracy
morality
papacy
innate
16. Someone Who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
inevitable
adept
sedentary
concubine
17. Someone Who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
adept
harem
conscript
pluralism
18. Having superior power and influence
paramount
adherents
innate
suppressed
19. Arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
advent
investiture
precedent
affiliation
20. Control of a product or service by one company
patronage
classical
concubine
monopoly
21. Any system of persons or things ranked one above another
theocracy
hierarchy
ideology
adept
22. Independence; self-determination - political independence
theocracy
autonomy
investiture
egalitarian
23. Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
synthesis
subsequent
nationalism
morality
24. Castrated males - originally in charge of protection of the ruler's concubines. Eventually had major roles in government - especially in China.
pagan
eunuchs
sedentary
despot
25. Mistress
vigor
aristocracy
pagan
concubine
26. The ceremony of installing a new monarch
synthesis
monasticism
investiture
patrilineal
27. Right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son; seniority by birth
synthesis
ethnocentric
pluralism
primogeniture
28. Love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it
textiles
vigor
ethics
nationalism
29. Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
harem
morality
hastened
classical
30. Sameness; monotony; uniform - the same all over
medieval
uniformity
garrison
inextricable
31. Native to a certain area
vigor
hinterland
matrilineal
indigenous
32. Otherworldly; mysterious; enigmatic
congregate
classical
conscript
mystic
33. Worldly; not pertaining to church matters or religion
doctrine
pastoral
ethnocentric
secular
34. Arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
inevitable
advent
prophesized
indigenous
35. Decaying or decayed - especially in terms of morals - downfall
decadent
investiture
secular
pagan
36. To come together in a group or crowd - assemble
secular
deity
ideology
congregate
37. The body of doctrine - myth - belief - etc. - that guides an individual - social movement - institution - class - or large group.
pagan
matrilineal
maritime
ideology
38. The body of doctrine - myth - belief - etc. - that guides an individual - social movement - institution - class - or large group.
ideology
decadent
piety
stratify
39. The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
doctrine
indigenous
mortality
patronage
40. Someone Who is drafted into military service
concubine
conscript
hierarchy
uniformity
41. Incapable of being avoided or prevented - bound to happen
uniformity
inevitable
deity
subordinate
42. Related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle
ideology
innate
precedent
pastoral
43. Based on or tracing descent through the male line
eunuchs
patrilineal
hastened
faction
44. To give up power
innate
abdicate
maritime
medieval
45. Independence; self-determination - political independence
autonomy
nationalism
ideology
pagan
46. Based on or tracing descent through the male line
fuse
patronage
concubine
patrilineal
47. A group - usually a small part of a larger group - united around some cause
maritime
eunuchs
faction
autonomy
48. Woven materials; cloth
evangelize
patrilineal
synthesis
textiles
49. To come together in a group or crowd - assemble
congregate
stratify
synthesis
secular
50. Lower in rank or position - secondary; one Who is in a lower position or under the orders of someone else;
morality
classical
subordinate
fuse