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Global Words You Should Know
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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. Right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son; seniority by birth
hierarchy
primogeniture
fealty
positivism
2. To move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry
deity
maritime
hastened
investiture
3. Faithfulness; allegiance; loyalty
suppressed
eradicate
fealty
congregate
4. Love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it
nationalism
imperial
aristocracy
harem
5. Castrated males - originally in charge of protection of the ruler's concubines. Eventually had major roles in government - especially in China.
subordinate
fuse
eunuchs
synthesis
6. Open disrespect for a person or thing - look down on with disdain
scorn
classical
doctrine
inevitable
7. The combination of parts to make a whole
nationalism
heretic
fuse
synthesis
8. A clergyman or other person in religious orders
congregate
ecclesiastic
patrilineal
venerate
9. A fortified military post where troops are stationed
textiles
harem
ecclesiastic
garrison
10. Believers - followers
concubine
adherents
innate
scorn
11. Related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle
heretic
hierarchy
pastoral
status
12. To wipe out; to destroy
hierarchy
piety
eradicate
suppressed
13. Sameness; monotony; uniform - the same all over
subsequent
forestalling
hastened
uniformity
14. Strength - energy
venerate
innate
vigor
sedentary
15. Largely inactive - accustomed to sitting
sedentary
emulate
synthesis
hastened
16. A person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions.
pagan
fuse
innate
heretic
17. A belief - principle - or teaching
doctrine
aristocracy
garrison
ideology
18. 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
indigenous
monasticism
despot
positivism
19. Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
medieval
patronage
concubine
conscript
20. Royal authority; supreme power and authority
innate
adept
hastened
sovereignty
21. (n) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
precedent
ecclesiastic
scorn
despot
22. Arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
patronage
synthesis
advent
sect
23. Devotion and reverence to God
despot
affiliation
ecclesiastic
piety
24. Predicted; foretold
congregate
prophesized
suppressed
piety
25. Based on or tracing descent through the male line
ideology
ethics
forestalling
patrilineal
26. A clergyman or other person in religious orders
nationalism
ecclesiastic
fealty
sect
27. Related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle
abdicate
pastoral
maritime
stratify
28. Decaying or decayed - especially in terms of morals - downfall
advent
decadent
egalitarian
precedent
29. Outward demonstration; indication of the presence of something;
manifestation
monopoly
secular
affiliation
30. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen
maritime
vigor
emulate
ideology
31. Philosophy
matrilineal
garrison
paramount
positivism
32. The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
patronage
ethics
sovereignty
hinterland
33. Death rate
subsequent
pastoral
ideology
mortality
34. Very strict in matters of religious or moral conduct
sedentary
nationalism
puritanical
garrison
35. The combination of parts to make a whole
mystic
synthesis
subordinate
congregate
36. Code of morality
harem
ethics
garrison
pagan
37. A fortified military post where troops are stationed
garrison
piety
eradicate
evangelize
38. A god or goddess
scorn
heretic
pluralism
deity
39. To give up power
adept
scorn
stratify
abdicate
40. Direct descent from a particular ancestor
patrilineal
lineage
abdicate
garrison
41. Belief in government run by religious leaders
secular
theocracy
mystic
doctrine
42. Incapable of being avoided or prevented - bound to happen
harem
fealty
inevitable
doctrine
43. Otherworldly; mysterious; enigmatic
pastoral
mortality
mystic
primogeniture
44. A person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions.
garrison
pagan
nationalism
eunuchs
45. Of recognized authority or excellence; relating to ancient Greece or Rome
adherents
sect
classical
theocracy
46. A person's condition or position in the eyes of the law; relative rank or standing - especially in society ;prestige
status
adept
hierarchy
pastoral
47. Right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son; seniority by birth
adherents
status
inextricable
primogeniture
48. Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant; mix together different elements
decadent
fuse
manifestation
hinterland
49. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
papacy
harem
heretic
synthesis
50. Outward demonstration; indication of the presence of something;
manifestation
harem
hinterland
mystic