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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. Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant; mix together different elements
autonomy
fuse
garrison
pluralism
2. To stop; delay - hinder
forestalling
maritime
hinterland
medieval
3. Relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the mother
primogeniture
paramount
despot
matrilineal
4. Regard with feelings of respect and reverence
despot
piety
venerate
sovereignty
5. Philosophy
deity
aristocracy
positivism
evangelize
6. A god or goddess
hinterland
deity
pagan
imperial
7. Strength - energy
manifestation
vigor
ethnocentric
adherents
8. Largely inactive - accustomed to sitting
indigenous
forestalling
sedentary
theocracy
9. Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
ethnocentric
puritanical
morality
scorn
10. Faithfulness; allegiance; loyalty
fealty
doctrine
indigenous
sedentary
11. The ceremony of installing a new monarch
lineage
classical
investiture
eradicate
12. Open disrespect for a person or thing - look down on with disdain
positivism
inevitable
scorn
stratify
13. A fortified military post where troops are stationed
theocracy
pagan
hastened
garrison
14. Of recognized authority or excellence; relating to ancient Greece or Rome
scorn
classical
pluralism
sedentary
15. Faithfulness; allegiance; loyalty
primogeniture
precedent
subordinate
fealty
16. Related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle
deity
indigenous
autonomy
pastoral
17. A person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the those of the Roman Catholic Church
heretic
piety
nationalism
aristocracy
18. To come together in a group or crowd - assemble
congregate
piety
inextricable
inevitable
19. Strive to equal or match - especially by imitating
fealty
matrilineal
eunuchs
emulate
20. Direct descent from a particular ancestor
precedent
mystic
papacy
lineage
21. Incapable of being avoided or prevented - bound to happen
venerate
patrilineal
faction
inevitable
22. Code of morality
conscript
despot
positivism
ethics
23. A clergyman or other person in religious orders
ecclesiastic
stratify
ethnocentric
imperial
24. Relating to or associated with an empire
congregate
eunuchs
imperial
lineage
25. Independence; self-determination - political independence
adept
autonomy
innate
deity
26. Divide society into social classes or castes; to arrange in layers
stratify
investiture
primogeniture
patrilineal
27. Someone Who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
adept
aristocracy
heretic
paramount
28. Decaying or decayed - especially in terms of morals - downfall
classical
uniformity
decadent
hastened
29. Centered on a specific ethnic group - usually one's own
imperial
ethnocentric
suppressed
medieval
30. Decaying or decayed - especially in terms of morals - downfall
adherents
hierarchy
decadent
harem
31. A person's condition or position in the eyes of the law; relative rank or standing - especially in society ;prestige
garrison
medieval
status
abdicate
32. Castrated males - originally in charge of protection of the ruler's concubines. Eventually had major roles in government - especially in China.
maritime
pluralism
innate
eunuchs
33. Following in time or order - following - coming after or later
vigor
maritime
decadent
subsequent
34. 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
hierarchy
pagan
monasticism
inextricable
35. Love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it
venerate
nationalism
sovereignty
abdicate
36. A god or goddess
harem
deity
ecclesiastic
patronage
37. To wipe out; to destroy
sovereignty
hastened
monopoly
eradicate
38. 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
evangelize
piety
monasticism
positivism
39. Incapable of being solved or untangled
inextricable
innate
sect
egalitarian
40. Lower in rank or position - secondary; one Who is in a lower position or under the orders of someone else;
subordinate
patrilineal
evangelize
indigenous
41. Royal authority; supreme power and authority
sovereignty
classical
ethnocentric
aristocracy
42. The combination of parts to make a whole
maritime
synthesis
sedentary
affiliation
43. Someone Who is drafted into military service
evangelize
affiliation
conscript
piety
44. A remote and undeveloped area
hinterland
fealty
deity
paramount
45. Having superior power and influence
nationalism
ethnocentric
piety
paramount
46. The official head of the Roman Catholic Church.
monopoly
forestalling
hinterland
papacy
47. A subdivision of a larger religious group - A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination
pagan
papacy
indigenous
sect
48. The official head of the Roman Catholic Church.
textiles
papacy
vigor
pluralism
49. (n) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
precedent
indigenous
manifestation
uniformity
50. Predicted; foretold
piety
monopoly
prophesized
ideology