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Global Words You Should Know
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
pastoral
abdicate
aristocracy
patronage
2. The body of doctrine - myth - belief - etc. - that guides an individual - social movement - institution - class - or large group.
prophesized
inextricable
harem
ideology
3. Incapable of being solved or untangled
concubine
medieval
inextricable
maritime
4. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen
conscript
textiles
maritime
hierarchy
5. Otherworldly; mysterious; enigmatic
mystic
hinterland
heretic
secular
6. Based on or tracing descent through the male line
primogeniture
sovereignty
patrilineal
paramount
7. Native to a certain area
abdicate
indigenous
patrilineal
textiles
8. Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
abdicate
monopoly
abdicate
medieval
9. Outward demonstration; indication of the presence of something;
despot
manifestation
synthesis
subsequent
10. A belief - principle - or teaching
pluralism
patrilineal
doctrine
suppressed
11. A person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the those of the Roman Catholic Church
harem
theocracy
heretic
congregate
12. Code of morality
ethics
synthesis
abdicate
decadent
13. Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
matrilineal
medieval
eradicate
aristocracy
14. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
harem
doctrine
matrilineal
maritime
15. (n) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
hastened
evangelize
monopoly
precedent
16. Right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son; seniority by birth
venerate
decadent
primogeniture
pagan
17. A subdivision of a larger religious group - A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination
sect
medieval
conscript
advent
18. Castrated males - originally in charge of protection of the ruler's concubines. Eventually had major roles in government - especially in China.
mortality
ethnocentric
eunuchs
pagan
19. A person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the those of the Roman Catholic Church
sovereignty
suppressed
morality
heretic
20. Arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
abdicate
advent
mystic
textiles
21. A belief - principle - or teaching
forestalling
monasticism
pluralism
doctrine
22. Relating to or associated with an empire
imperial
ecclesiastic
innate
textiles
23. Love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it
ecclesiastic
textiles
nationalism
conscript
24. Natural - inborn
hastened
innate
heretic
classical
25. The body of doctrine - myth - belief - etc. - that guides an individual - social movement - institution - class - or large group.
imperial
ideology
scorn
eunuchs
26. A person's condition or position in the eyes of the law; relative rank or standing - especially in society ;prestige
status
deity
adept
subsequent
27. Multiple ethnic or religious groups existing in the same area
medieval
inextricable
fealty
pluralism
28. Worldly; not pertaining to church matters or religion
secular
doctrine
matrilineal
concubine
29. Otherworldly; mysterious; enigmatic
adherents
investiture
forestalling
mystic
30. To stop; delay - hinder
positivism
suppressed
forestalling
piety
31. 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
pagan
monasticism
forestalling
advent
32. To wipe out; to destroy
hierarchy
positivism
eradicate
faction
33. Kept from public knowledge by various means; held back
vigor
autonomy
suppressed
nationalism
34. Incapable of being avoided or prevented - bound to happen
hierarchy
abdicate
inevitable
affiliation
35. (n) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
precedent
doctrine
puritanical
heretic
36. To come together in a group or crowd - assemble
scorn
sedentary
congregate
status
37. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
patronage
harem
lineage
conscript
38. The most powerful members of a society (some with hereditary titles)
aristocracy
nationalism
synthesis
fealty
39. A fortified military post where troops are stationed
garrison
pluralism
precedent
textiles
40. To come together in a group or crowd - assemble
doctrine
congregate
imperial
morality
41. The official head of the Roman Catholic Church.
puritanical
innate
eunuchs
papacy
42. Kept from public knowledge by various means; held back
suppressed
investiture
synthesis
mortality
43. Of recognized authority or excellence; relating to ancient Greece or Rome
scorn
imperial
monopoly
classical
44. Very strict in matters of religious or moral conduct
puritanical
medieval
mortality
garrison
45. Independence; self-determination - political independence
matrilineal
fealty
autonomy
status
46. Sameness; monotony; uniform - the same all over
inevitable
forestalling
puritanical
uniformity
47. Mistress
monasticism
subsequent
concubine
ecclesiastic
48. Philosophy
deity
medieval
evangelize
positivism
49. Strive to equal or match - especially by imitating
emulate
sedentary
monasticism
evangelize
50. Direct descent from a particular ancestor
stratify
abdicate
lineage
decadent