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Global Words You Should Know
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literacy
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Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Otherworldly; mysterious; enigmatic
advent
sovereignty
mystic
aristocracy
2. Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant; mix together different elements
pagan
heretic
congregate
fuse
3. Kept from public knowledge by various means; held back
faction
inextricable
adept
suppressed
4. A remote and undeveloped area
hinterland
doctrine
concubine
pastoral
5. Related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle
classical
harem
aristocracy
pastoral
6. Love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it
harem
despot
mortality
nationalism
7. Based on or tracing descent through the male line
abdicate
manifestation
pastoral
patrilineal
8. A person's condition or position in the eyes of the law; relative rank or standing - especially in society ;prestige
inextricable
status
hinterland
positivism
9. Decaying or decayed - especially in terms of morals - downfall
decadent
medieval
forestalling
manifestation
10. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen
abdicate
faction
maritime
mystic
11. Royal authority; supreme power and authority
fealty
vigor
sovereignty
ethics
12. Divide society into social classes or castes; to arrange in layers
stratify
piety
morality
matrilineal
13. A group - usually a small part of a larger group - united around some cause
subsequent
faction
puritanical
despot
14. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen
patronage
maritime
concubine
ecclesiastic
15. Of recognized authority or excellence; relating to ancient Greece or Rome
adherents
classical
harem
hastened
16. The official head of the Roman Catholic Church.
papacy
puritanical
aristocracy
investiture
17. Belief in government run by religious leaders
morality
primogeniture
sect
theocracy
18. Divide society into social classes or castes; to arrange in layers
textiles
stratify
pagan
precedent
19. Woven materials; cloth
sect
venerate
textiles
hierarchy
20. Relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the mother
matrilineal
concubine
manifestation
harem
21. Arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
monasticism
emulate
advent
pagan
22. Code of morality
ethics
ideology
medieval
ecclesiastic
23. Predicted; foretold
hastened
lineage
advent
prophesized
24. To wipe out; to destroy
eradicate
eunuchs
classical
garrison
25. A cruel and oppressive dictator - tyrant
despot
suppressed
ideology
subsequent
26. Someone Who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
adherents
adept
faction
patronage
27. A belief - principle - or teaching
positivism
nationalism
scorn
doctrine
28. The most powerful members of a society (some with hereditary titles)
concubine
aristocracy
secular
advent
29. To move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry
harem
mortality
congregate
hastened
30. Preach the gospel (to)
matrilineal
evangelize
congregate
monasticism
31. Centered on a specific ethnic group - usually one's own
aristocracy
patrilineal
hierarchy
ethnocentric
32. The ceremony of installing a new monarch
advent
investiture
vigor
eradicate
33. 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
piety
inextricable
theocracy
monasticism
34. Open disrespect for a person or thing - look down on with disdain
scorn
affiliation
decadent
hierarchy
35. 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
adept
sedentary
monasticism
pagan
36. A person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions.
subordinate
positivism
abdicate
pagan
37. Lower in rank or position - secondary; one Who is in a lower position or under the orders of someone else;
patronage
subordinate
mortality
venerate
38. Strive to equal or match - especially by imitating
prophesized
aristocracy
lineage
emulate
39. Devotion and reverence to God
piety
pastoral
sovereignty
advent
40. Centered on a specific ethnic group - usually one's own
stratify
status
ethnocentric
doctrine
41. The combination of parts to make a whole
concubine
suppressed
synthesis
sovereignty
42. Kept from public knowledge by various means; held back
suppressed
doctrine
harem
medieval
43. Death rate
mortality
piety
faction
innate
44. Worldly; not pertaining to church matters or religion
patrilineal
congregate
deity
secular
45. Native to a certain area
ideology
adept
indigenous
imperial
46. A belief - principle - or teaching
status
doctrine
manifestation
subsequent
47. A clergyman or other person in religious orders
sovereignty
eunuchs
ecclesiastic
nationalism
48. Incapable of being solved or untangled
decadent
inextricable
conscript
fuse
49. Incapable of being solved or untangled
sedentary
eunuchs
piety
inextricable
50. Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
evangelize
morality
status
forestalling