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Global Words You Should Know
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Believers - followers
maritime
ethnocentric
innate
adherents
2. A person who believes in the equality of all people
despot
venerate
egalitarian
papacy
3. The body of doctrine - myth - belief - etc. - that guides an individual - social movement - institution - class - or large group.
congregate
ideology
pastoral
abdicate
4. Strength - energy
uniformity
aristocracy
morality
vigor
5. Open disrespect for a person or thing - look down on with disdain
scorn
concubine
subordinate
classical
6. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
vigor
harem
secular
fuse
7. Code of morality
faction
prophesized
nationalism
ethics
8. Strength - energy
vigor
manifestation
concubine
fealty
9. The combination of parts to make a whole
puritanical
venerate
ecclesiastic
synthesis
10. Death rate
aristocracy
manifestation
mortality
imperial
11. Right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son; seniority by birth
primogeniture
pluralism
abdicate
garrison
12. The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
sedentary
sovereignty
adept
patronage
13. Otherworldly; mysterious; enigmatic
investiture
abdicate
precedent
mystic
14. A person's condition or position in the eyes of the law; relative rank or standing - especially in society ;prestige
harem
status
conscript
vigor
15. The combination of parts to make a whole
synthesis
imperial
pluralism
sovereignty
16. Castrated males - originally in charge of protection of the ruler's concubines. Eventually had major roles in government - especially in China.
decadent
positivism
advent
eunuchs
17. The most powerful members of a society (some with hereditary titles)
ecclesiastic
aristocracy
advent
positivism
18. Arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
heretic
advent
fealty
sovereignty
19. Preach the gospel (to)
subsequent
evangelize
adept
innate
20. Preach the gospel (to)
evangelize
ethnocentric
heretic
paramount
21. A person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the those of the Roman Catholic Church
heretic
hinterland
fuse
patrilineal
22. A group - usually a small part of a larger group - united around some cause
suppressed
faction
ethics
sovereignty
23. Incapable of being solved or untangled
inextricable
pluralism
venerate
primogeniture
24. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
textiles
status
concubine
harem
25. Regard with feelings of respect and reverence
autonomy
hierarchy
venerate
ethics
26. Largely inactive - accustomed to sitting
sedentary
adept
lineage
adept
27. Following in time or order - following - coming after or later
papacy
paramount
garrison
subsequent
28. Natural - inborn
harem
innate
sedentary
monopoly
29. A person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions.
morality
deity
matrilineal
pagan
30. A subdivision of a larger religious group - A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination
fuse
hastened
sect
subsequent
31. Someone Who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
classical
faction
adept
suppressed
32. Code of morality
ethics
congregate
sect
primogeniture
33. Otherworldly; mysterious; enigmatic
papacy
matrilineal
mystic
medieval
34. Incapable of being avoided or prevented - bound to happen
autonomy
inevitable
pastoral
despot
35. The official head of the Roman Catholic Church.
papacy
investiture
decadent
suppressed
36. A group - usually a small part of a larger group - united around some cause
venerate
positivism
investiture
faction
37. A cruel and oppressive dictator - tyrant
suppressed
despot
papacy
textiles
38. Based on or tracing descent through the male line
adherents
patrilineal
monopoly
synthesis
39. Lower in rank or position - secondary; one Who is in a lower position or under the orders of someone else;
manifestation
maritime
evangelize
subordinate
40. Sameness; monotony; uniform - the same all over
garrison
egalitarian
uniformity
decadent
41. To wipe out; to destroy
patronage
eradicate
forestalling
hinterland
42. Someone Who is drafted into military service
sovereignty
maritime
conscript
faction
43. 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
patronage
eradicate
monasticism
fuse
44. Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
morality
decadent
inextricable
ethics
45. Related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle
morality
adherents
manifestation
pastoral
46. Relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the mother
abdicate
decadent
sedentary
matrilineal
47. Love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it
nationalism
piety
scorn
puritanical
48. To come together in a group or crowd - assemble
lineage
hinterland
mystic
congregate
49. A subdivision of a larger religious group - A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination
monopoly
deity
sedentary
sect
50. Philosophy
paramount
hierarchy
positivism
lineage