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Global Words You Should Know
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The combination of parts to make a whole
lineage
pagan
synthesis
garrison
2. Castrated males - originally in charge of protection of the ruler's concubines. Eventually had major roles in government - especially in China.
eunuchs
papacy
patronage
hierarchy
3. To move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry
hastened
nationalism
theocracy
lineage
4. Divide society into social classes or castes; to arrange in layers
concubine
garrison
stratify
abdicate
5. Faithfulness; allegiance; loyalty
stratify
fealty
investiture
suppressed
6. Devotion and reverence to God
autonomy
despot
piety
garrison
7. Code of morality
ethics
matrilineal
morality
innate
8. The ceremony of installing a new monarch
precedent
investiture
despot
primogeniture
9. A group - usually a small part of a larger group - united around some cause
fuse
faction
forestalling
innate
10. Relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the mother
matrilineal
ecclesiastic
autonomy
evangelize
11. Open disrespect for a person or thing - look down on with disdain
scorn
forestalling
imperial
precedent
12. The official head of the Roman Catholic Church.
nationalism
precedent
paramount
papacy
13. A subdivision of a larger religious group - A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination
concubine
classical
inevitable
sect
14. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen
pluralism
subsequent
maritime
sedentary
15. The ceremony of installing a new monarch
uniformity
investiture
scorn
primogeniture
16. A cruel and oppressive dictator - tyrant
despot
papacy
subordinate
positivism
17. Worldly; not pertaining to church matters or religion
aristocracy
faction
secular
morality
18. Any system of persons or things ranked one above another
ethics
hierarchy
adherents
primogeniture
19. Lower in rank or position - secondary; one Who is in a lower position or under the orders of someone else;
subordinate
pluralism
indigenous
scorn
20. Relating to or associated with an empire
ideology
emulate
imperial
adherents
21. (n) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
nationalism
precedent
prophesized
hierarchy
22. A god or goddess
evangelize
deity
puritanical
pagan
23. The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
suppressed
patronage
precedent
vigor
24. Based on or tracing descent through the male line
despot
pluralism
hierarchy
patrilineal
25. The body of doctrine - myth - belief - etc. - that guides an individual - social movement - institution - class - or large group.
secular
ideology
emulate
despot
26. To give up power
pastoral
venerate
evangelize
abdicate
27. A belief - principle - or teaching
aristocracy
emulate
doctrine
eradicate
28. To give up power
deity
abdicate
maritime
synthesis
29. Any system of persons or things ranked one above another
autonomy
hierarchy
medieval
decadent
30. Arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
eunuchs
decadent
advent
ethics
31. Outward demonstration; indication of the presence of something;
ethics
manifestation
harem
sect
32. Decaying or decayed - especially in terms of morals - downfall
decadent
sedentary
ethnocentric
synthesis
33. Based on or tracing descent through the male line
manifestation
decadent
patrilineal
forestalling
34. Mistress
hierarchy
lineage
doctrine
concubine
35. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
primogeniture
hastened
harem
patrilineal
36. Sameness; monotony; uniform - the same all over
stratify
piety
uniformity
scorn
37. Of recognized authority or excellence; relating to ancient Greece or Rome
pastoral
classical
mortality
concubine
38. A remote and undeveloped area
forestalling
mystic
positivism
hinterland
39. Right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son; seniority by birth
sedentary
primogeniture
investiture
paramount
40. Direct descent from a particular ancestor
adept
pagan
lineage
mortality
41. A person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions.
mystic
pagan
adherents
evangelize
42. Otherworldly; mysterious; enigmatic
inextricable
paramount
mystic
subsequent
43. Very strict in matters of religious or moral conduct
matrilineal
pastoral
conscript
puritanical
44. Native to a certain area
indigenous
adherents
paramount
sovereignty
45. Someone Who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
uniformity
forestalling
adept
forestalling
46. The most powerful members of a society (some with hereditary titles)
sedentary
aristocracy
piety
patronage
47. Natural - inborn
textiles
innate
positivism
pluralism
48. A clergyman or other person in religious orders
ecclesiastic
monasticism
forestalling
paramount
49. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen
nationalism
synthesis
maritime
ecclesiastic
50. Someone Who is drafted into military service
harem
theocracy
conscript
papacy