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Global Words You Should Know
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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;
subordinate
concubine
manifestation
advent
2. Divide society into social classes or castes; to arrange in layers
vigor
stratify
advent
evangelize
3. Believers - followers
adherents
autonomy
sovereignty
eradicate
4. Control of a product or service by one company
morality
synthesis
monopoly
adept
5. Based on or tracing descent through the male line
matrilineal
patrilineal
matrilineal
deity
6. To move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry
hastened
heretic
ethnocentric
patronage
7. Mistress
innate
inevitable
concubine
faction
8. Castrated males - originally in charge of protection of the ruler's concubines. Eventually had major roles in government - especially in China.
pagan
eunuchs
concubine
aristocracy
9. Believers - followers
prophesized
adherents
puritanical
primogeniture
10. Multiple ethnic or religious groups existing in the same area
pluralism
heretic
decadent
papacy
11. The official head of the Roman Catholic Church.
papacy
heretic
ethnocentric
monopoly
12. Very strict in matters of religious or moral conduct
egalitarian
paramount
fealty
puritanical
13. The act of being formally connected or joined
imperial
affiliation
pluralism
evangelize
14. The most powerful members of a society (some with hereditary titles)
papacy
faction
aristocracy
sect
15. Largely inactive - accustomed to sitting
pluralism
garrison
sedentary
secular
16. Royal authority; supreme power and authority
ideology
sovereignty
hinterland
forestalling
17. Regard with feelings of respect and reverence
monasticism
inevitable
inextricable
venerate
18. Sameness; monotony; uniform - the same all over
uniformity
textiles
prophesized
harem
19. Centered on a specific ethnic group - usually one's own
deity
inevitable
hierarchy
ethnocentric
20. A fortified military post where troops are stationed
garrison
doctrine
stratify
despot
21. A belief - principle - or teaching
eradicate
abdicate
doctrine
emulate
22. Of recognized authority or excellence; relating to ancient Greece or Rome
classical
subsequent
positivism
status
23. Belief in government run by religious leaders
adept
uniformity
theocracy
ideology
24. 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
ethics
heretic
piety
monasticism
25. Relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the mother
advent
congregate
matrilineal
adherents
26. A subdivision of a larger religious group - A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination
indigenous
matrilineal
sect
manifestation
27. 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
uniformity
monasticism
mystic
ecclesiastic
28. Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
primogeniture
abdicate
medieval
prophesized
29. Otherworldly; mysterious; enigmatic
subsequent
innate
adherents
mystic
30. Worldly; not pertaining to church matters or religion
suppressed
secular
decadent
congregate
31. Code of morality
subordinate
monasticism
fealty
ethics
32. To move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry
hastened
garrison
stratify
fealty
33. (n) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
stratify
precedent
doctrine
venerate
34. A person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the those of the Roman Catholic Church
indigenous
heretic
vigor
prophesized
35. Centered on a specific ethnic group - usually one's own
deity
monasticism
pagan
ethnocentric
36. Faithfulness; allegiance; loyalty
matrilineal
fealty
mortality
fuse
37. The body of doctrine - myth - belief - etc. - that guides an individual - social movement - institution - class - or large group.
hastened
hastened
status
ideology
38. Love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it
eradicate
deity
nationalism
stratify
39. Incapable of being solved or untangled
inextricable
congregate
lineage
imperial
40. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen
maritime
classical
monopoly
indigenous
41. Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
scorn
harem
stratify
morality
42. A group - usually a small part of a larger group - united around some cause
faction
positivism
emulate
subordinate
43. Faithfulness; allegiance; loyalty
harem
stratify
fealty
aristocracy
44. To give up power
adherents
ethics
innate
abdicate
45. The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
concubine
investiture
patronage
patrilineal
46. A person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions.
evangelize
suppressed
pagan
ethics
47. A person's condition or position in the eyes of the law; relative rank or standing - especially in society ;prestige
status
mortality
eunuchs
theocracy
48. Lower in rank or position - secondary; one Who is in a lower position or under the orders of someone else;
congregate
decadent
subordinate
affiliation
49. Predicted; foretold
innate
prophesized
synthesis
positivism
50. A person's condition or position in the eyes of the law; relative rank or standing - especially in society ;prestige
status
garrison
harem
subordinate