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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. Lower in rank or position - secondary; one Who is in a lower position or under the orders of someone else;
sect
subordinate
uniformity
ethics
2. Kept from public knowledge by various means; held back
primogeniture
inextricable
suppressed
precedent
3. Very strict in matters of religious or moral conduct
fuse
imperial
secular
puritanical
4. Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
primogeniture
matrilineal
uniformity
morality
5. Someone Who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
eradicate
adept
hierarchy
monasticism
6. A cruel and oppressive dictator - tyrant
paramount
scorn
despot
sedentary
7. To give up power
pluralism
manifestation
deity
abdicate
8. Right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son; seniority by birth
paramount
primogeniture
piety
evangelize
9. 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
scorn
sect
monasticism
hinterland
10. The official head of the Roman Catholic Church.
theocracy
vigor
papacy
hastened
11. Castrated males - originally in charge of protection of the ruler's concubines. Eventually had major roles in government - especially in China.
eunuchs
mortality
lineage
lineage
12. Regard with feelings of respect and reverence
venerate
egalitarian
status
patronage
13. A remote and undeveloped area
hinterland
affiliation
pastoral
primogeniture
14. Divide society into social classes or castes; to arrange in layers
classical
papacy
stratify
egalitarian
15. A remote and undeveloped area
secular
manifestation
hierarchy
hinterland
16. Woven materials; cloth
textiles
hinterland
deity
decadent
17. Any system of persons or things ranked one above another
piety
hierarchy
adept
hastened
18. Following in time or order - following - coming after or later
subsequent
venerate
evangelize
pagan
19. Outward demonstration; indication of the presence of something;
adherents
puritanical
adept
manifestation
20. Related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle
abdicate
status
decadent
pastoral
21. A god or goddess
conscript
deity
venerate
hierarchy
22. A person who believes in the equality of all people
maritime
faction
autonomy
egalitarian
23. Sameness; monotony; uniform - the same all over
uniformity
innate
innate
aristocracy
24. Relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the mother
pastoral
garrison
pastoral
matrilineal
25. Mistress
evangelize
subordinate
affiliation
concubine
26. The body of doctrine - myth - belief - etc. - that guides an individual - social movement - institution - class - or large group.
conscript
emulate
stratify
ideology
27. Open disrespect for a person or thing - look down on with disdain
adept
emulate
scorn
ethnocentric
28. The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
piety
patronage
garrison
sedentary
29. Related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle
congregate
medieval
pastoral
concubine
30. Belief in government run by religious leaders
investiture
theocracy
adherents
pagan
31. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen
decadent
maritime
emulate
theocracy
32. Native to a certain area
status
suppressed
indigenous
morality
33. Arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
advent
eunuchs
harem
hinterland
34. Native to a certain area
forestalling
indigenous
mortality
maritime
35. Having superior power and influence
piety
doctrine
paramount
despot
36. Devotion and reverence to God
emulate
fuse
morality
piety
37. A cruel and oppressive dictator - tyrant
despot
inevitable
maritime
piety
38. To wipe out; to destroy
sect
eradicate
morality
inevitable
39. Faithfulness; allegiance; loyalty
imperial
fealty
pastoral
monopoly
40. Incapable of being solved or untangled
inextricable
despot
fealty
congregate
41. Divide society into social classes or castes; to arrange in layers
stratify
scorn
synthesis
concubine
42. To stop; delay - hinder
uniformity
pastoral
heretic
forestalling
43. Someone Who is drafted into military service
hierarchy
innate
hinterland
conscript
44. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen
maritime
mystic
advent
uniformity
45. Strength - energy
adept
faction
vigor
ethics
46. A clergyman or other person in religious orders
concubine
decadent
puritanical
ecclesiastic
47. A belief - principle - or teaching
ideology
secular
morality
doctrine
48. Arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
eunuchs
innate
advent
medieval
49. Largely inactive - accustomed to sitting
mortality
sedentary
abdicate
suppressed
50. To come together in a group or crowd - assemble
subsequent
imperial
congregate
classical