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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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Match each statement with the correct term.
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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;
hinterland
sovereignty
subordinate
ecclesiastic
2. Sameness; monotony; uniform - the same all over
uniformity
primogeniture
stratify
forestalling
3. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen
decadent
inextricable
maritime
mystic
4. To come together in a group or crowd - assemble
concubine
congregate
mystic
heretic
5. Natural - inborn
mystic
matrilineal
sovereignty
innate
6. Devotion and reverence to God
paramount
monasticism
piety
status
7. Believers - followers
investiture
adherents
monasticism
eunuchs
8. Having superior power and influence
doctrine
prophesized
imperial
paramount
9. Of recognized authority or excellence; relating to ancient Greece or Rome
evangelize
adept
classical
mortality
10. Someone Who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
aristocracy
sovereignty
investiture
adept
11. Love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it
morality
congregate
pluralism
nationalism
12. A person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the those of the Roman Catholic Church
scorn
venerate
heretic
mortality
13. Direct descent from a particular ancestor
pluralism
lineage
ecclesiastic
piety
14. The combination of parts to make a whole
synthesis
primogeniture
manifestation
abdicate
15. Predicted; foretold
prophesized
papacy
sovereignty
forestalling
16. Kept from public knowledge by various means; held back
monopoly
mortality
sovereignty
suppressed
17. (n) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
abdicate
secular
precedent
ethnocentric
18. Relating to or associated with an empire
indigenous
imperial
status
abdicate
19. Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant; mix together different elements
papacy
fuse
conscript
precedent
20. Philosophy
positivism
advent
aristocracy
inextricable
21. A clergyman or other person in religious orders
doctrine
adept
ecclesiastic
matrilineal
22. Outward demonstration; indication of the presence of something;
aristocracy
monasticism
concubine
manifestation
23. Strive to equal or match - especially by imitating
evangelize
emulate
sect
heretic
24. Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant; mix together different elements
pluralism
sect
fuse
abdicate
25. A person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the those of the Roman Catholic Church
ethnocentric
heretic
secular
abdicate
26. Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
monasticism
status
morality
monasticism
27. A fortified military post where troops are stationed
suppressed
garrison
concubine
medieval
28. The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
venerate
sedentary
patronage
faction
29. Death rate
eunuchs
pluralism
hinterland
mortality
30. A person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions.
theocracy
pagan
fuse
mortality
31. The act of being formally connected or joined
status
papacy
affiliation
ecclesiastic
32. Arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
positivism
advent
maritime
faction
33. Otherworldly; mysterious; enigmatic
harem
status
mystic
synthesis
34. A person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions.
emulate
evangelize
pagan
ideology
35. Lower in rank or position - secondary; one Who is in a lower position or under the orders of someone else;
subordinate
medieval
venerate
morality
36. Faithfulness; allegiance; loyalty
morality
fealty
fuse
subordinate
37. Control of a product or service by one company
monopoly
inevitable
subsequent
theocracy
38. Someone Who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
forestalling
puritanical
medieval
adept
39. 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
ethnocentric
faction
concubine
monasticism
40. A belief - principle - or teaching
venerate
mortality
doctrine
vigor
41. Natural - inborn
manifestation
adherents
classical
innate
42. A clergyman or other person in religious orders
classical
eunuchs
papacy
ecclesiastic
43. Incapable of being solved or untangled
venerate
inextricable
faction
nationalism
44. Native to a certain area
status
monopoly
indigenous
forestalling
45. Following in time or order - following - coming after or later
vigor
subsequent
patrilineal
theocracy
46. Independence; self-determination - political independence
aristocracy
matrilineal
autonomy
papacy
47. Centered on a specific ethnic group - usually one's own
monopoly
concubine
ideology
ethnocentric
48. Strive to equal or match - especially by imitating
ideology
congregate
investiture
emulate
49. A cruel and oppressive dictator - tyrant
fealty
despot
garrison
suppressed
50. Based on or tracing descent through the male line
ethics
patrilineal
textiles
fuse