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Global Words You Should Know
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literacy
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vocabulary
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Having superior power and influence
forestalling
pluralism
concubine
paramount
2. Death rate
innate
monopoly
mortality
pagan
3. Worldly; not pertaining to church matters or religion
secular
patrilineal
primogeniture
forestalling
4. To come together in a group or crowd - assemble
imperial
harem
patrilineal
congregate
5. The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
ideology
ideology
patronage
stratify
6. Someone Who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
adept
morality
heretic
eradicate
7. Related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle
puritanical
investiture
doctrine
pastoral
8. Following in time or order - following - coming after or later
paramount
manifestation
subsequent
aristocracy
9. Philosophy
positivism
sect
decadent
puritanical
10. Of recognized authority or excellence; relating to ancient Greece or Rome
stratify
adept
subsequent
classical
11. A person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the those of the Roman Catholic Church
heretic
ecclesiastic
papacy
patronage
12. The body of doctrine - myth - belief - etc. - that guides an individual - social movement - institution - class - or large group.
ideology
vigor
autonomy
vigor
13. Relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the mother
evangelize
matrilineal
fuse
positivism
14. Open disrespect for a person or thing - look down on with disdain
scorn
faction
prophesized
imperial
15. Royal authority; supreme power and authority
paramount
congregate
sovereignty
medieval
16. Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant; mix together different elements
congregate
ideology
eradicate
fuse
17. A fortified military post where troops are stationed
matrilineal
ecclesiastic
garrison
abdicate
18. Based on or tracing descent through the male line
papacy
adept
hastened
patrilineal
19. Regard with feelings of respect and reverence
inevitable
venerate
congregate
egalitarian
20. Relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the mother
congregate
patrilineal
egalitarian
matrilineal
21. A fortified military post where troops are stationed
imperial
garrison
despot
morality
22. To stop; delay - hinder
status
inextricable
forestalling
suppressed
23. Divide society into social classes or castes; to arrange in layers
harem
eradicate
imperial
stratify
24. Death rate
forestalling
papacy
sovereignty
mortality
25. Faithfulness; allegiance; loyalty
puritanical
fealty
ecclesiastic
faction
26. Any system of persons or things ranked one above another
hierarchy
adherents
abdicate
concubine
27. Strive to equal or match - especially by imitating
scorn
decadent
morality
emulate
28. Multiple ethnic or religious groups existing in the same area
manifestation
egalitarian
pluralism
morality
29. To come together in a group or crowd - assemble
piety
congregate
innate
sect
30. A person's condition or position in the eyes of the law; relative rank or standing - especially in society ;prestige
sovereignty
status
matrilineal
indigenous
31. Worldly; not pertaining to church matters or religion
secular
conscript
conscript
positivism
32. Incapable of being solved or untangled
faction
doctrine
patronage
inextricable
33. Faithfulness; allegiance; loyalty
monasticism
fealty
prophesized
ethics
34. Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
conscript
stratify
sect
medieval
35. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
secular
harem
congregate
conscript
36. A person who believes in the equality of all people
stratify
textiles
forestalling
egalitarian
37. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
secular
positivism
harem
mystic
38. Lower in rank or position - secondary; one Who is in a lower position or under the orders of someone else;
subordinate
indigenous
aristocracy
evangelize
39. The official head of the Roman Catholic Church.
advent
papacy
stratify
harem
40. Strength - energy
patrilineal
congregate
vigor
piety
41. Independence; self-determination - political independence
secular
secular
pagan
autonomy
42. The combination of parts to make a whole
synthesis
forestalling
suppressed
medieval
43. Having superior power and influence
adept
abdicate
paramount
precedent
44. To wipe out; to destroy
venerate
eradicate
advent
maritime
45. Woven materials; cloth
pastoral
inevitable
textiles
evangelize
46. Otherworldly; mysterious; enigmatic
hierarchy
mystic
monasticism
synthesis
47. Right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son; seniority by birth
primogeniture
adherents
fealty
puritanical
48. Lower in rank or position - secondary; one Who is in a lower position or under the orders of someone else;
subordinate
fuse
precedent
hinterland
49. Devotion and reverence to God
piety
inextricable
sovereignty
mystic
50. Right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son; seniority by birth
positivism
primogeniture
indigenous
vigor