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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 involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen
hastened
hierarchy
monasticism
maritime
2. The ceremony of installing a new monarch
papacy
theocracy
hierarchy
investiture
3. To move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry
eunuchs
primogeniture
monopoly
hastened
4. Castrated males - originally in charge of protection of the ruler's concubines. Eventually had major roles in government - especially in China.
aristocracy
aristocracy
adept
eunuchs
5. A god or goddess
evangelize
stratify
indigenous
deity
6. Arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
theocracy
precedent
autonomy
advent
7. Devotion and reverence to God
patrilineal
subsequent
mystic
piety
8. Strive to equal or match - especially by imitating
manifestation
theocracy
emulate
inextricable
9. Centered on a specific ethnic group - usually one's own
harem
morality
ethnocentric
doctrine
10. A fortified military post where troops are stationed
garrison
concubine
piety
precedent
11. A person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions.
synthesis
pagan
nationalism
heretic
12. Death rate
classical
status
mortality
egalitarian
13. Kept from public knowledge by various means; held back
doctrine
mystic
suppressed
theocracy
14. A group - usually a small part of a larger group - united around some cause
fuse
hastened
faction
ethnocentric
15. The body of doctrine - myth - belief - etc. - that guides an individual - social movement - institution - class - or large group.
subordinate
ideology
hinterland
abdicate
16. Of recognized authority or excellence; relating to ancient Greece or Rome
classical
secular
papacy
emulate
17. Arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
advent
inextricable
maritime
scorn
18. To wipe out; to destroy
theocracy
adept
eradicate
ethnocentric
19. 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
primogeniture
monasticism
despot
scorn
20. Based on or tracing descent through the male line
patrilineal
aristocracy
monopoly
synthesis
21. A remote and undeveloped area
hinterland
manifestation
hastened
lineage
22. Relating to or associated with an empire
pluralism
vigor
positivism
imperial
23. The body of doctrine - myth - belief - etc. - that guides an individual - social movement - institution - class - or large group.
ideology
concubine
innate
puritanical
24. A cruel and oppressive dictator - tyrant
scorn
despot
emulate
uniformity
25. A person's condition or position in the eyes of the law; relative rank or standing - especially in society ;prestige
venerate
inevitable
status
primogeniture
26. Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant; mix together different elements
fealty
affiliation
puritanical
fuse
27. Decaying or decayed - especially in terms of morals - downfall
despot
decadent
lineage
inextricable
28. Predicted; foretold
eradicate
prophesized
pastoral
autonomy
29. Incapable of being avoided or prevented - bound to happen
eradicate
inevitable
deity
ecclesiastic
30. The official head of the Roman Catholic Church.
pluralism
papacy
synthesis
decadent
31. Open disrespect for a person or thing - look down on with disdain
scorn
innate
vigor
positivism
32. Divide society into social classes or castes; to arrange in layers
stratify
pagan
secular
matrilineal
33. The ceremony of installing a new monarch
concubine
investiture
synthesis
ideology
34. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
innate
sovereignty
emulate
harem
35. To wipe out; to destroy
ethnocentric
eradicate
prophesized
adherents
36. Predicted; foretold
prophesized
indigenous
hinterland
uniformity
37. Related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle
fuse
congregate
pastoral
faction
38. Any system of persons or things ranked one above another
hierarchy
investiture
conscript
advent
39. Multiple ethnic or religious groups existing in the same area
eradicate
paramount
ecclesiastic
pluralism
40. Very strict in matters of religious or moral conduct
medieval
puritanical
aristocracy
pluralism
41. (n) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
precedent
evangelize
theocracy
nationalism
42. A subdivision of a larger religious group - A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination
classical
pluralism
adept
sect
43. Someone Who is drafted into military service
conscript
papacy
advent
paramount
44. Code of morality
ethics
garrison
sect
despot
45. Incapable of being solved or untangled
inextricable
sect
despot
emulate
46. Someone Who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
adept
pagan
lineage
mortality
47. Preach the gospel (to)
piety
evangelize
medieval
adept
48. To give up power
venerate
theocracy
abdicate
aristocracy
49. Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
venerate
precedent
positivism
morality
50. The act of being formally connected or joined
stratify
adherents
garrison
affiliation