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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. Someone Who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
decadent
lineage
adept
inevitable
2. A fortified military post where troops are stationed
garrison
pluralism
subsequent
eunuchs
3. Philosophy
faction
nationalism
patronage
positivism
4. To move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry
classical
positivism
patrilineal
hastened
5. Following in time or order - following - coming after or later
theocracy
subsequent
textiles
egalitarian
6. To come together in a group or crowd - assemble
suppressed
aristocracy
congregate
ethics
7. Faithfulness; allegiance; loyalty
fealty
heretic
affiliation
venerate
8. To give up power
emulate
adept
ethnocentric
abdicate
9. Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
morality
paramount
affiliation
indigenous
10. Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant; mix together different elements
fuse
imperial
fealty
suppressed
11. Decaying or decayed - especially in terms of morals - downfall
decadent
stratify
ideology
fealty
12. Arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
imperial
ecclesiastic
advent
emulate
13. Of recognized authority or excellence; relating to ancient Greece or Rome
classical
concubine
positivism
egalitarian
14. Related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle
pastoral
emulate
classical
congregate
15. Incapable of being solved or untangled
sovereignty
morality
pluralism
inextricable
16. Sameness; monotony; uniform - the same all over
uniformity
papacy
classical
forestalling
17. Lower in rank or position - secondary; one Who is in a lower position or under the orders of someone else;
subordinate
matrilineal
imperial
eradicate
18. Devotion and reverence to God
hastened
piety
maritime
pastoral
19. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen
sect
maritime
doctrine
pagan
20. Someone Who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
suppressed
despot
ethnocentric
adept
21. Love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it
conscript
paramount
nationalism
advent
22. Right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son; seniority by birth
pastoral
vigor
hinterland
primogeniture
23. Sameness; monotony; uniform - the same all over
lineage
subsequent
ethnocentric
uniformity
24. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen
manifestation
maritime
eradicate
hastened
25. A cruel and oppressive dictator - tyrant
concubine
monasticism
adept
despot
26. Largely inactive - accustomed to sitting
suppressed
indigenous
sedentary
eunuchs
27. Believers - followers
evangelize
adherents
status
abdicate
28. A subdivision of a larger religious group - A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination
ethnocentric
affiliation
concubine
sect
29. Independence; self-determination - political independence
autonomy
mortality
sedentary
matrilineal
30. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
affiliation
ethics
puritanical
harem
31. The body of doctrine - myth - belief - etc. - that guides an individual - social movement - institution - class - or large group.
textiles
ideology
puritanical
advent
32. Divide society into social classes or castes; to arrange in layers
pluralism
stratify
synthesis
subsequent
33. Code of morality
investiture
ethics
indigenous
egalitarian
34. Control of a product or service by one company
suppressed
harem
monopoly
piety
35. Having superior power and influence
abdicate
sect
paramount
doctrine
36. Otherworldly; mysterious; enigmatic
primogeniture
suppressed
lineage
mystic
37. Castrated males - originally in charge of protection of the ruler's concubines. Eventually had major roles in government - especially in China.
sovereignty
sedentary
eunuchs
precedent
38. Kept from public knowledge by various means; held back
indigenous
suppressed
venerate
hastened
39. Independence; self-determination - political independence
autonomy
eradicate
concubine
evangelize
40. Very strict in matters of religious or moral conduct
puritanical
inevitable
harem
pluralism
41. Preach the gospel (to)
emulate
evangelize
aristocracy
venerate
42. Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant; mix together different elements
imperial
abdicate
congregate
fuse
43. A fortified military post where troops are stationed
investiture
subsequent
garrison
hinterland
44. Incapable of being solved or untangled
innate
adept
inextricable
medieval
45. Having superior power and influence
paramount
affiliation
faction
congregate
46. Natural - inborn
stratify
patronage
abdicate
innate
47. Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
mystic
fealty
medieval
conscript
48. Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
medieval
sedentary
adept
sect
49. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
manifestation
uniformity
harem
congregate
50. A clergyman or other person in religious orders
ecclesiastic
ideology
hastened
autonomy