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Global Words You Should Know
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Subjects
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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. Preach the gospel (to)
evangelize
investiture
doctrine
adept
2. Worldly; not pertaining to church matters or religion
secular
concubine
precedent
hinterland
3. Right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son; seniority by birth
autonomy
primogeniture
patrilineal
inevitable
4. Philosophy
nationalism
subordinate
positivism
hastened
5. A person who believes in the equality of all people
ecclesiastic
pastoral
egalitarian
subordinate
6. Divide society into social classes or castes; to arrange in layers
adept
puritanical
papacy
stratify
7. Strength - energy
vigor
hastened
sovereignty
stratify
8. A remote and undeveloped area
classical
abdicate
hinterland
conscript
9. Royal authority; supreme power and authority
egalitarian
positivism
conscript
sovereignty
10. A clergyman or other person in religious orders
ideology
maritime
eradicate
ecclesiastic
11. The most powerful members of a society (some with hereditary titles)
congregate
subordinate
aristocracy
ideology
12. Otherworldly; mysterious; enigmatic
innate
advent
subordinate
mystic
13. To stop; delay - hinder
despot
puritanical
forestalling
affiliation
14. The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
patronage
inextricable
fealty
theocracy
15. A cruel and oppressive dictator - tyrant
despot
vigor
sedentary
classical
16. Strive to equal or match - especially by imitating
forestalling
affiliation
emulate
venerate
17. Castrated males - originally in charge of protection of the ruler's concubines. Eventually had major roles in government - especially in China.
hierarchy
deity
emulate
eunuchs
18. Sameness; monotony; uniform - the same all over
inevitable
uniformity
harem
status
19. Strength - energy
vigor
affiliation
monasticism
synthesis
20. To wipe out; to destroy
ethics
eradicate
egalitarian
pagan
21. A person's condition or position in the eyes of the law; relative rank or standing - especially in society ;prestige
eunuchs
matrilineal
hastened
status
22. The act of being formally connected or joined
precedent
abdicate
affiliation
evangelize
23. Death rate
mortality
textiles
primogeniture
inevitable
24. Decaying or decayed - especially in terms of morals - downfall
stratify
inextricable
advent
decadent
25. Based on or tracing descent through the male line
heretic
pluralism
patrilineal
ethnocentric
26. The official head of the Roman Catholic Church.
textiles
piety
scorn
papacy
27. Direct descent from a particular ancestor
lineage
morality
forestalling
ecclesiastic
28. Very strict in matters of religious or moral conduct
maritime
hinterland
puritanical
egalitarian
29. Arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
concubine
advent
sedentary
autonomy
30. Related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle
mystic
subsequent
precedent
pastoral
31. Belief in government run by religious leaders
theocracy
stratify
eunuchs
monopoly
32. Largely inactive - accustomed to sitting
morality
sedentary
evangelize
fealty
33. Mistress
affiliation
paramount
conscript
concubine
34. Native to a certain area
indigenous
prophesized
aristocracy
innate
35. Kept from public knowledge by various means; held back
evangelize
papacy
suppressed
egalitarian
36. The official head of the Roman Catholic Church.
papacy
hinterland
sovereignty
aristocracy
37. Woven materials; cloth
eradicate
sedentary
textiles
egalitarian
38. Outward demonstration; indication of the presence of something;
despot
imperial
manifestation
abdicate
39. Based on or tracing descent through the male line
autonomy
papacy
patrilineal
mystic
40. A cruel and oppressive dictator - tyrant
despot
uniformity
congregate
eradicate
41. To give up power
vigor
patrilineal
abdicate
emulate
42. Sameness; monotony; uniform - the same all over
ethnocentric
uniformity
abdicate
textiles
43. Kept from public knowledge by various means; held back
innate
suppressed
garrison
forestalling
44. Of recognized authority or excellence; relating to ancient Greece or Rome
classical
innate
mystic
emulate
45. Very strict in matters of religious or moral conduct
morality
despot
vigor
puritanical
46. A subdivision of a larger religious group - A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination
garrison
sect
monopoly
papacy
47. A subdivision of a larger religious group - A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination
theocracy
medieval
sect
ethics
48. Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
medieval
sedentary
ideology
pastoral
49. Right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son; seniority by birth
primogeniture
imperial
congregate
autonomy
50. To wipe out; to destroy
eradicate
patronage
primogeniture
pagan