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Global Words You Should Know
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant; mix together different elements
ethnocentric
faction
venerate
fuse
2. Worldly; not pertaining to church matters or religion
affiliation
pastoral
abdicate
secular
3. Relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the mother
matrilineal
harem
morality
patronage
4. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
synthesis
hastened
forestalling
harem
5. Natural - inborn
ethnocentric
monopoly
innate
ecclesiastic
6. Death rate
monopoly
patronage
mortality
patrilineal
7. Love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it
imperial
piety
textiles
nationalism
8. 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
faction
mystic
indigenous
monasticism
9. The ceremony of installing a new monarch
classical
precedent
investiture
piety
10. Having superior power and influence
paramount
subordinate
egalitarian
abdicate
11. Right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son; seniority by birth
pagan
primogeniture
ethics
manifestation
12. Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
medieval
emulate
nationalism
conscript
13. The act of being formally connected or joined
affiliation
paramount
subordinate
fuse
14. Direct descent from a particular ancestor
inevitable
lineage
affiliation
imperial
15. Arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
garrison
forestalling
advent
affiliation
16. Woven materials; cloth
mortality
textiles
egalitarian
prophesized
17. Philosophy
lineage
suppressed
positivism
eradicate
18. The most powerful members of a society (some with hereditary titles)
aristocracy
inextricable
matrilineal
conscript
19. Relating to or associated with an empire
harem
imperial
classical
subordinate
20. To come together in a group or crowd - assemble
papacy
aristocracy
medieval
congregate
21. Preach the gospel (to)
ecclesiastic
eunuchs
evangelize
synthesis
22. Otherworldly; mysterious; enigmatic
conscript
mystic
despot
classical
23. Very strict in matters of religious or moral conduct
matrilineal
eunuchs
lineage
puritanical
24. Devotion and reverence to God
uniformity
piety
deity
eradicate
25. To give up power
medieval
inextricable
matrilineal
abdicate
26. Worldly; not pertaining to church matters or religion
secular
suppressed
patronage
despot
27. The official head of the Roman Catholic Church.
ethics
papacy
patronage
conscript
28. Incapable of being avoided or prevented - bound to happen
imperial
inevitable
indigenous
patronage
29. Someone Who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
scorn
adept
positivism
puritanical
30. The ceremony of installing a new monarch
matrilineal
deity
forestalling
investiture
31. Woven materials; cloth
textiles
puritanical
scorn
hierarchy
32. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen
secular
mystic
maritime
doctrine
33. A group - usually a small part of a larger group - united around some cause
autonomy
faction
conscript
patrilineal
34. Kept from public knowledge by various means; held back
indigenous
suppressed
uniformity
hierarchy
35. Largely inactive - accustomed to sitting
indigenous
secular
sedentary
morality
36. Right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son; seniority by birth
adept
vigor
innate
primogeniture
37. A person's condition or position in the eyes of the law; relative rank or standing - especially in society ;prestige
status
vigor
adherents
decadent
38. Centered on a specific ethnic group - usually one's own
emulate
ethnocentric
sect
ideology
39. Relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the mother
forestalling
matrilineal
eunuchs
inextricable
40. Strive to equal or match - especially by imitating
heretic
emulate
fuse
synthesis
41. A remote and undeveloped area
autonomy
fealty
status
hinterland
42. A person who believes in the equality of all people
deity
uniformity
affiliation
egalitarian
43. Code of morality
ethics
classical
puritanical
heretic
44. Incapable of being avoided or prevented - bound to happen
primogeniture
patronage
deity
inevitable
45. Devotion and reverence to God
piety
evangelize
egalitarian
status
46. Outward demonstration; indication of the presence of something;
affiliation
deity
doctrine
manifestation
47. A remote and undeveloped area
papacy
patrilineal
hinterland
forestalling
48. Very strict in matters of religious or moral conduct
congregate
harem
puritanical
garrison
49. Belief in government run by religious leaders
theocracy
emulate
ethics
despot
50. The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
matrilineal
eunuchs
patronage
hastened