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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. To move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry
hastened
piety
advent
inextricable
2. The most powerful members of a society (some with hereditary titles)
subsequent
faction
aristocracy
piety
3. Otherworldly; mysterious; enigmatic
inevitable
status
mystic
nationalism
4. Divide society into social classes or castes; to arrange in layers
conscript
evangelize
monopoly
stratify
5. Predicted; foretold
sect
sovereignty
monasticism
prophesized
6. Death rate
mortality
lineage
hinterland
doctrine
7. Control of a product or service by one company
conscript
adherents
monopoly
manifestation
8. A subdivision of a larger religious group - A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination
sect
heretic
doctrine
mortality
9. The act of being formally connected or joined
patronage
monasticism
affiliation
aristocracy
10. Castrated males - originally in charge of protection of the ruler's concubines. Eventually had major roles in government - especially in China.
precedent
faction
eunuchs
monasticism
11. Preach the gospel (to)
ideology
decadent
inextricable
evangelize
12. The act of being formally connected or joined
affiliation
prophesized
ideology
matrilineal
13. A god or goddess
conscript
deity
papacy
ethnocentric
14. Mistress
concubine
inextricable
congregate
subordinate
15. Believers - followers
hinterland
fuse
adherents
stratify
16. Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
decadent
fuse
medieval
hierarchy
17. A person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the those of the Roman Catholic Church
investiture
subsequent
heretic
scorn
18. Direct descent from a particular ancestor
stratify
pluralism
indigenous
lineage
19. Relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the mother
garrison
nationalism
matrilineal
faction
20. Faithfulness; allegiance; loyalty
morality
nationalism
garrison
fealty
21. Philosophy
ecclesiastic
positivism
doctrine
concubine
22. Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
morality
pluralism
indigenous
patrilineal
23. 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
autonomy
monasticism
precedent
mystic
24. A subdivision of a larger religious group - A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination
fealty
adept
sect
sovereignty
25. Code of morality
patronage
doctrine
theocracy
ethics
26. Outward demonstration; indication of the presence of something;
patrilineal
theocracy
hinterland
manifestation
27. Kept from public knowledge by various means; held back
suppressed
hierarchy
indigenous
abdicate
28. To wipe out; to destroy
classical
emulate
imperial
eradicate
29. Faithfulness; allegiance; loyalty
positivism
fealty
pastoral
ideology
30. Multiple ethnic or religious groups existing in the same area
status
fuse
positivism
pluralism
31. Strength - energy
scorn
congregate
vigor
monasticism
32. Related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle
maritime
primogeniture
manifestation
pastoral
33. Following in time or order - following - coming after or later
subsequent
monasticism
vigor
positivism
34. A god or goddess
eunuchs
abdicate
deity
despot
35. A fortified military post where troops are stationed
harem
garrison
hinterland
matrilineal
36. Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant; mix together different elements
ideology
garrison
fuse
eunuchs
37. Castrated males - originally in charge of protection of the ruler's concubines. Eventually had major roles in government - especially in China.
advent
eunuchs
theocracy
egalitarian
38. Woven materials; cloth
status
congregate
pluralism
textiles
39. (n) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
precedent
pagan
secular
ecclesiastic
40. Royal authority; supreme power and authority
sovereignty
ethics
mortality
theocracy
41. Related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle
pastoral
decadent
manifestation
puritanical
42. Strive to equal or match - especially by imitating
autonomy
emulate
medieval
suppressed
43. Lower in rank or position - secondary; one Who is in a lower position or under the orders of someone else;
matrilineal
pluralism
subordinate
heretic
44. A cruel and oppressive dictator - tyrant
prophesized
deity
evangelize
despot
45. Death rate
mortality
deity
sect
classical
46. Decaying or decayed - especially in terms of morals - downfall
eradicate
decadent
mortality
suppressed
47. Having superior power and influence
paramount
concubine
evangelize
autonomy
48. Code of morality
ethics
subordinate
fuse
pagan
49. A person's condition or position in the eyes of the law; relative rank or standing - especially in society ;prestige
status
monasticism
egalitarian
patrilineal
50. A remote and undeveloped area
classical
medieval
adept
hinterland