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Global Words You Should Know
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen
classical
decadent
maritime
puritanical
2. A group - usually a small part of a larger group - united around some cause
conscript
hierarchy
hinterland
faction
3. The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
precedent
mortality
textiles
patronage
4. Native to a certain area
indigenous
matrilineal
positivism
medieval
5. Preach the gospel (to)
evangelize
doctrine
venerate
pastoral
6. Code of morality
primogeniture
ethics
innate
eunuchs
7. Outward demonstration; indication of the presence of something;
hierarchy
adherents
egalitarian
manifestation
8. Strive to equal or match - especially by imitating
decadent
primogeniture
sedentary
emulate
9. Death rate
mystic
theocracy
mortality
innate
10. A person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the those of the Roman Catholic Church
affiliation
heretic
puritanical
subordinate
11. Natural - inborn
adherents
egalitarian
innate
precedent
12. Mistress
garrison
congregate
vigor
concubine
13. Any system of persons or things ranked one above another
advent
maritime
venerate
hierarchy
14. Outward demonstration; indication of the presence of something;
autonomy
venerate
scorn
manifestation
15. Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
morality
textiles
eunuchs
ecclesiastic
16. Predicted; foretold
faction
inextricable
classical
prophesized
17. Kept from public knowledge by various means; held back
precedent
suppressed
theocracy
deity
18. Faithfulness; allegiance; loyalty
despot
textiles
lineage
fealty
19. A belief - principle - or teaching
doctrine
advent
forestalling
ethics
20. Following in time or order - following - coming after or later
affiliation
venerate
subsequent
sedentary
21. Believers - followers
adherents
fuse
despot
sovereignty
22. Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
hastened
medieval
adept
classical
23. Strive to equal or match - especially by imitating
garrison
investiture
papacy
emulate
24. Preach the gospel (to)
evangelize
theocracy
matrilineal
pagan
25. 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
harem
subsequent
monasticism
investiture
26. Lower in rank or position - secondary; one Who is in a lower position or under the orders of someone else;
precedent
conscript
secular
subordinate
27. Direct descent from a particular ancestor
heretic
lineage
precedent
status
28. Belief in government run by religious leaders
theocracy
deity
subsequent
advent
29. To wipe out; to destroy
affiliation
eradicate
pagan
venerate
30. Native to a certain area
emulate
subordinate
indigenous
inevitable
31. Worldly; not pertaining to church matters or religion
secular
doctrine
puritanical
classical
32. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
fuse
harem
medieval
imperial
33. A person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions.
indigenous
pagan
decadent
prophesized
34. Related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle
mystic
subordinate
morality
pastoral
35. Incapable of being solved or untangled
inextricable
positivism
secular
mystic
36. Someone Who is drafted into military service
sedentary
congregate
indigenous
conscript
37. Otherworldly; mysterious; enigmatic
mystic
precedent
textiles
decadent
38. Divide society into social classes or castes; to arrange in layers
stratify
pastoral
maritime
suppressed
39. Castrated males - originally in charge of protection of the ruler's concubines. Eventually had major roles in government - especially in China.
subordinate
autonomy
suppressed
eunuchs
40. Someone Who is drafted into military service
patrilineal
matrilineal
conscript
maritime
41. The ceremony of installing a new monarch
prophesized
secular
forestalling
investiture
42. A god or goddess
sect
paramount
deity
abdicate
43. Incapable of being avoided or prevented - bound to happen
inevitable
lineage
mystic
mystic
44. Devotion and reverence to God
patrilineal
piety
eunuchs
subsequent
45. Regard with feelings of respect and reverence
venerate
advent
ethics
medieval
46. (n) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
abdicate
precedent
ecclesiastic
indigenous
47. The most powerful members of a society (some with hereditary titles)
medieval
doctrine
aristocracy
faction
48. Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant; mix together different elements
fuse
inevitable
mystic
hastened
49. Right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son; seniority by birth
inevitable
papacy
uniformity
primogeniture
50. Of recognized authority or excellence; relating to ancient Greece or Rome
monopoly
classical
venerate
inevitable