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Global Words You Should Know
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literacy
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
medieval
abdicate
suppressed
pluralism
2. Outward demonstration; indication of the presence of something;
investiture
manifestation
adherents
status
3. Strength - energy
eradicate
secular
egalitarian
vigor
4. Following in time or order - following - coming after or later
evangelize
subsequent
pluralism
venerate
5. A subdivision of a larger religious group - A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination
sect
egalitarian
doctrine
suppressed
6. Believers - followers
adherents
textiles
primogeniture
mortality
7. Incapable of being solved or untangled
inextricable
harem
indigenous
egalitarian
8. To give up power
fuse
forestalling
autonomy
abdicate
9. A god or goddess
paramount
status
deity
patronage
10. To stop; delay - hinder
forestalling
nationalism
uniformity
monasticism
11. Someone Who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
ethnocentric
suppressed
forestalling
adept
12. A cruel and oppressive dictator - tyrant
suppressed
precedent
ideology
despot
13. Independence; self-determination - political independence
autonomy
precedent
ethnocentric
manifestation
14. Royal authority; supreme power and authority
ethics
sovereignty
decadent
pluralism
15. Lower in rank or position - secondary; one Who is in a lower position or under the orders of someone else;
congregate
subordinate
matrilineal
ideology
16. The most powerful members of a society (some with hereditary titles)
affiliation
inextricable
aristocracy
eunuchs
17. Death rate
mortality
primogeniture
matrilineal
scorn
18. Kept from public knowledge by various means; held back
patronage
suppressed
innate
stratify
19. (n) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
synthesis
precedent
manifestation
fuse
20. To give up power
patrilineal
inextricable
abdicate
pastoral
21. Based on or tracing descent through the male line
positivism
maritime
adherents
patrilineal
22. Based on or tracing descent through the male line
primogeniture
concubine
sect
patrilineal
23. Mistress
indigenous
classical
sovereignty
concubine
24. Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
morality
precedent
hinterland
decadent
25. To come together in a group or crowd - assemble
monasticism
papacy
sovereignty
congregate
26. Someone Who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
adept
monopoly
primogeniture
theocracy
27. Relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the mother
venerate
advent
matrilineal
hierarchy
28. Following in time or order - following - coming after or later
pastoral
subsequent
fuse
pagan
29. To come together in a group or crowd - assemble
primogeniture
despot
patrilineal
congregate
30. Natural - inborn
monopoly
eunuchs
innate
investiture
31. Regard with feelings of respect and reverence
sovereignty
venerate
precedent
inextricable
32. Faithfulness; allegiance; loyalty
inevitable
fealty
paramount
hierarchy
33. Devotion and reverence to God
matrilineal
suppressed
subordinate
piety
34. A belief - principle - or teaching
sedentary
precedent
doctrine
congregate
35. Direct descent from a particular ancestor
lineage
subordinate
eunuchs
status
36. Very strict in matters of religious or moral conduct
fuse
indigenous
hinterland
puritanical
37. Decaying or decayed - especially in terms of morals - downfall
subsequent
decadent
investiture
despot
38. (n) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
status
mortality
precedent
ethnocentric
39. Philosophy
ideology
primogeniture
positivism
sedentary
40. Predicted; foretold
inevitable
prophesized
vigor
sovereignty
41. Incapable of being avoided or prevented - bound to happen
inevitable
vigor
patrilineal
medieval
42. Mistress
pastoral
concubine
hierarchy
monasticism
43. The official head of the Roman Catholic Church.
despot
papacy
garrison
ethics
44. Code of morality
adept
emulate
ethics
monasticism
45. Right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son; seniority by birth
classical
textiles
despot
primogeniture
46. The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
fuse
congregate
piety
patronage
47. Independence; self-determination - political independence
matrilineal
decadent
patrilineal
autonomy
48. The act of being formally connected or joined
uniformity
affiliation
innate
decadent
49. A group - usually a small part of a larger group - united around some cause
despot
faction
doctrine
imperial
50. Someone Who is drafted into military service
primogeniture
conscript
affiliation
manifestation