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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. Having superior power and influence






2. Strength - energy






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






4. Belief in government run by religious leaders






5. A fortified military post where troops are stationed






6. Strength - energy






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






8. The ceremony of installing a new monarch






9. Someone Who is dazzlingly skilled in any field






10. Of recognized authority or excellence; relating to ancient Greece or Rome






11. Right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son; seniority by birth






12. Control of a product or service by one company






13. Relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the mother






14. (n) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action






15. Predicted; foretold






16. Direct descent from a particular ancestor






17. (n) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action






18. Devotion and reverence to God






19. Related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle






20. A belief - principle - or teaching






21. The combination of parts to make a whole






22. Lower in rank or position - secondary; one Who is in a lower position or under the orders of someone else;






23. Open disrespect for a person or thing - look down on with disdain






24. Strive to equal or match - especially by imitating






25. Belief in government run by religious leaders






26. Control of a product or service by one company






27. Woven materials; cloth






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






29. A subdivision of a larger religious group - A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination






30. Incapable of being avoided or prevented - bound to happen






31. To give up power






32. Death rate






33. Mistress






34. 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






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






36. Worldly; not pertaining to church matters or religion






37. To give up power






38. Very strict in matters of religious or moral conduct






39. The body of doctrine - myth - belief - etc. - that guides an individual - social movement - institution - class - or large group.






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






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






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






43. Faithfulness; allegiance; loyalty






44. Decaying or decayed - especially in terms of morals - downfall






45. Someone Who is drafted into military service






46. Independence; self-determination - political independence






47. Woven materials; cloth






48. Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages






49. Sameness; monotony; uniform - the same all over






50. Sameness; monotony; uniform - the same all over