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Global Words You Should Know
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literacy
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Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. 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
synthesis
forestalling
forestalling
monasticism
2. Largely inactive - accustomed to sitting
paramount
ethics
sedentary
subsequent
3. Strength - energy
fuse
garrison
vigor
doctrine
4. Related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle
maritime
pastoral
ideology
morality
5. Related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle
puritanical
pastoral
mystic
monasticism
6. Strength - energy
vigor
autonomy
maritime
egalitarian
7. Kept from public knowledge by various means; held back
suppressed
nationalism
uniformity
ethnocentric
8. Incapable of being solved or untangled
concubine
inextricable
conscript
classical
9. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
harem
papacy
sedentary
heretic
10. A person who believes in the equality of all people
fuse
sect
egalitarian
emulate
11. Very strict in matters of religious or moral conduct
subsequent
mortality
ethics
puritanical
12. Predicted; foretold
monopoly
inevitable
positivism
prophesized
13. The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
textiles
deity
patronage
primogeniture
14. The act of being formally connected or joined
affiliation
emulate
primogeniture
subordinate
15. Open disrespect for a person or thing - look down on with disdain
despot
scorn
adherents
decadent
16. Otherworldly; mysterious; enigmatic
monopoly
scorn
mystic
adept
17. Decaying or decayed - especially in terms of morals - downfall
decadent
egalitarian
innate
concubine
18. Following in time or order - following - coming after or later
precedent
subsequent
uniformity
adept
19. A fortified military post where troops are stationed
matrilineal
conscript
garrison
morality
20. Largely inactive - accustomed to sitting
paramount
sedentary
evangelize
matrilineal
21. A group - usually a small part of a larger group - united around some cause
imperial
faction
heretic
despot
22. Having superior power and influence
paramount
classical
despot
ideology
23. Worldly; not pertaining to church matters or religion
sedentary
garrison
inextricable
secular
24. Natural - inborn
imperial
eradicate
inextricable
innate
25. Control of a product or service by one company
decadent
papacy
monopoly
hinterland
26. Preach the gospel (to)
mortality
secular
theocracy
evangelize
27. Natural - inborn
harem
hinterland
innate
venerate
28. The most powerful members of a society (some with hereditary titles)
decadent
sovereignty
aristocracy
scorn
29. Royal authority; supreme power and authority
adept
sovereignty
nationalism
morality
30. Mistress
pluralism
concubine
lineage
inevitable
31. Direct descent from a particular ancestor
faction
evangelize
lineage
congregate
32. A subdivision of a larger religious group - A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination
precedent
evangelize
innate
sect
33. Right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son; seniority by birth
paramount
primogeniture
inextricable
forestalling
34. Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
abdicate
morality
congregate
faction
35. Royal authority; supreme power and authority
patronage
mortality
sovereignty
indigenous
36. Independence; self-determination - political independence
garrison
venerate
autonomy
monasticism
37. Strive to equal or match - especially by imitating
theocracy
emulate
advent
stratify
38. Regard with feelings of respect and reverence
venerate
paramount
faction
prophesized
39. Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
monopoly
aristocracy
morality
sedentary
40. A subdivision of a larger religious group - A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination
ideology
sect
ethnocentric
subsequent
41. Relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the mother
eradicate
evangelize
matrilineal
morality
42. Someone Who is drafted into military service
faction
conscript
fuse
congregate
43. Any system of persons or things ranked one above another
hinterland
imperial
hierarchy
sedentary
44. To give up power
hierarchy
pluralism
patronage
abdicate
45. Preach the gospel (to)
scorn
doctrine
evangelize
status
46. Faithfulness; allegiance; loyalty
mystic
garrison
papacy
fealty
47. Regard with feelings of respect and reverence
scorn
venerate
heretic
deity
48. Philosophy
positivism
imperial
harem
faction
49. (n) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
precedent
pastoral
mortality
morality
50. Decaying or decayed - especially in terms of morals - downfall
textiles
decadent
concubine
subordinate