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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. Death rate
mortality
lineage
forestalling
textiles
2. Love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it
primogeniture
adept
eradicate
nationalism
3. A subdivision of a larger religious group - A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination
fuse
affiliation
nationalism
sect
4. Worldly; not pertaining to church matters or religion
abdicate
autonomy
despot
secular
5. Control of a product or service by one company
monopoly
lineage
affiliation
sovereignty
6. Divide society into social classes or castes; to arrange in layers
papacy
suppressed
stratify
adherents
7. Of recognized authority or excellence; relating to ancient Greece or Rome
classical
fealty
prophesized
pagan
8. The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
fealty
aristocracy
patronage
deity
9. 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
affiliation
monasticism
fealty
congregate
10. Mistress
decadent
concubine
scorn
classical
11. Multiple ethnic or religious groups existing in the same area
autonomy
pluralism
positivism
piety
12. Largely inactive - accustomed to sitting
nationalism
harem
textiles
sedentary
13. A god or goddess
deity
manifestation
sect
medieval
14. Love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it
status
nationalism
ethics
emulate
15. Lower in rank or position - secondary; one Who is in a lower position or under the orders of someone else;
subordinate
scorn
mortality
morality
16. Based on or tracing descent through the male line
precedent
patrilineal
ethnocentric
concubine
17. A cruel and oppressive dictator - tyrant
affiliation
despot
papacy
egalitarian
18. Someone Who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
stratify
papacy
adept
doctrine
19. Of recognized authority or excellence; relating to ancient Greece or Rome
classical
suppressed
ecclesiastic
eunuchs
20. To stop; delay - hinder
forestalling
innate
manifestation
sovereignty
21. The act of being formally connected or joined
primogeniture
sect
paramount
affiliation
22. A person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the those of the Roman Catholic Church
sect
heretic
emulate
stratify
23. Outward demonstration; indication of the presence of something;
manifestation
decadent
conscript
advent
24. The body of doctrine - myth - belief - etc. - that guides an individual - social movement - institution - class - or large group.
mortality
ecclesiastic
ideology
sedentary
25. A group - usually a small part of a larger group - united around some cause
subordinate
faction
hastened
emulate
26. Someone Who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
adept
scorn
vigor
scorn
27. A person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions.
morality
congregate
sect
pagan
28. Kept from public knowledge by various means; held back
hierarchy
suppressed
pastoral
scorn
29. Incapable of being avoided or prevented - bound to happen
autonomy
eradicate
inevitable
venerate
30. Native to a certain area
secular
eradicate
indigenous
mortality
31. To come together in a group or crowd - assemble
patronage
congregate
eunuchs
theocracy
32. A god or goddess
ecclesiastic
deity
harem
eunuchs
33. A cruel and oppressive dictator - tyrant
imperial
sovereignty
heretic
despot
34. To wipe out; to destroy
eradicate
puritanical
deity
fuse
35. Mistress
concubine
indigenous
egalitarian
adept
36. Based on or tracing descent through the male line
mortality
emulate
sect
patrilineal
37. Royal authority; supreme power and authority
paramount
fuse
sovereignty
patronage
38. Otherworldly; mysterious; enigmatic
scorn
sovereignty
pluralism
mystic
39. The combination of parts to make a whole
lineage
synthesis
evangelize
nationalism
40. Philosophy
fealty
positivism
uniformity
morality
41. 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
scorn
morality
monasticism
congregate
42. A person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions.
pagan
garrison
forestalling
aristocracy
43. Philosophy
sedentary
morality
positivism
emulate
44. A clergyman or other person in religious orders
hierarchy
ecclesiastic
hinterland
heretic
45. Divide society into social classes or castes; to arrange in layers
stratify
emulate
paramount
monopoly
46. Death rate
uniformity
ethnocentric
mortality
stratify
47. Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant; mix together different elements
mortality
fuse
uniformity
status
48. Native to a certain area
ethnocentric
indigenous
mortality
classical
49. Regard with feelings of respect and reverence
lineage
venerate
hastened
innate
50. A belief - principle - or teaching
innate
emulate
ethics
doctrine