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






2. A remote and undeveloped area






3. Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong






4. Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant; mix together different elements






5. Worldly; not pertaining to church matters or religion






6. Strive to equal or match - especially by imitating






7. Strive to equal or match - especially by imitating






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






9. Love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it






10. The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers






11. Regard with feelings of respect and reverence






12. Control of a product or service by one company






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






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






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






16. The ceremony of installing a new monarch






17. Native to a certain area






18. The official head of the Roman Catholic Church.






19. Believers - followers






20. Royal authority; supreme power and authority






21. Death rate






22. Believers - followers






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






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






25. 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






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






27. Outward demonstration; indication of the presence of something;






28. Arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)






29. Belief in government run by religious leaders






30. Relating to or associated with an empire






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






32. The combination of parts to make a whole






33. A clergyman or other person in religious orders






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






35. Natural - inborn






36. Control of a product or service by one company






37. Code of morality






38. The act of being formally connected or joined






39. Independence; self-determination - political independence






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






41. Kept from public knowledge by various means; held back






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






43. Devotion and reverence to God






44. A remote and undeveloped area






45. A cruel and oppressive dictator - tyrant






46. The most powerful members of a society (some with hereditary titles)






47. Based on or tracing descent through the male line






48. Belief in government run by religious leaders






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






50. Mistress