SUBJECTS
|
BROWSE
|
CAREER CENTER
|
POPULAR
|
JOIN
|
LOGIN
Business Skills
|
Soft Skills
|
Basic Literacy
|
Certifications
About
|
Help
|
Privacy
|
Terms
Search
Test your basic knowledge |
Global Words You Should Know
Start Test
Study First
Subjects
:
literacy
,
vocabulary
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can
study here
.
Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Divide society into social classes or castes; to arrange in layers
innate
medieval
emulate
stratify
2. Believers - followers
adherents
abdicate
suppressed
maritime
3. Strength - energy
primogeniture
prophesized
vigor
doctrine
4. A fortified military post where troops are stationed
eradicate
forestalling
evangelize
garrison
5. Open disrespect for a person or thing - look down on with disdain
scorn
piety
maritime
fuse
6. Sameness; monotony; uniform - the same all over
pastoral
uniformity
manifestation
manifestation
7. Of recognized authority or excellence; relating to ancient Greece or Rome
conscript
aristocracy
congregate
classical
8. (n) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
piety
precedent
concubine
pagan
9. Right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son; seniority by birth
indigenous
prophesized
hierarchy
primogeniture
10. To come together in a group or crowd - assemble
investiture
congregate
morality
medieval
11. Multiple ethnic or religious groups existing in the same area
pluralism
innate
morality
egalitarian
12. The act of being formally connected or joined
scorn
affiliation
venerate
inextricable
13. Mistress
prophesized
medieval
pastoral
concubine
14. To stop; delay - hinder
imperial
medieval
maritime
forestalling
15. Control of a product or service by one company
monopoly
congregate
fealty
inevitable
16. Incapable of being solved or untangled
pagan
inextricable
heretic
classical
17. The ceremony of installing a new monarch
theocracy
venerate
sedentary
investiture
18. A clergyman or other person in religious orders
precedent
aristocracy
ecclesiastic
deity
19. A clergyman or other person in religious orders
mystic
maritime
ecclesiastic
inevitable
20. Decaying or decayed - especially in terms of morals - downfall
innate
puritanical
harem
decadent
21. Devotion and reverence to God
piety
decadent
evangelize
suppressed
22. Love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it
advent
sect
sect
nationalism
23. Incapable of being avoided or prevented - bound to happen
imperial
inevitable
patronage
inextricable
24. Lower in rank or position - secondary; one Who is in a lower position or under the orders of someone else;
suppressed
subordinate
eunuchs
indigenous
25. The official head of the Roman Catholic Church.
papacy
heretic
eunuchs
nationalism
26. Code of morality
pluralism
pluralism
ethics
indigenous
27. Predicted; foretold
piety
concubine
prophesized
affiliation
28. Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant; mix together different elements
secular
fuse
medieval
subsequent
29. Native to a certain area
concubine
indigenous
vigor
doctrine
30. Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
morality
matrilineal
despot
sovereignty
31. Arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
harem
fuse
advent
eradicate
32. Decaying or decayed - especially in terms of morals - downfall
piety
concubine
decadent
abdicate
33. A god or goddess
deity
scorn
suppressed
nationalism
34. Lower in rank or position - secondary; one Who is in a lower position or under the orders of someone else;
ideology
sedentary
mystic
subordinate
35. The act of being formally connected or joined
affiliation
maritime
lineage
hierarchy
36. Incapable of being solved or untangled
deity
morality
inextricable
status
37. A group - usually a small part of a larger group - united around some cause
venerate
faction
concubine
aristocracy
38. Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
medieval
eradicate
adept
deity
39. Preach the gospel (to)
evangelize
forestalling
ethics
advent
40. Kept from public knowledge by various means; held back
hierarchy
textiles
indigenous
suppressed
41. Relating to or associated with an empire
positivism
imperial
abdicate
secular
42. Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
congregate
medieval
subordinate
sedentary
43. Death rate
hinterland
aristocracy
mortality
ethnocentric
44. A god or goddess
ethnocentric
concubine
deity
paramount
45. A belief - principle - or teaching
mystic
doctrine
synthesis
sedentary
46. Centered on a specific ethnic group - usually one's own
textiles
secular
ethnocentric
advent
47. Someone Who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
theocracy
adept
pastoral
faction
48. To stop; delay - hinder
suppressed
patronage
despot
forestalling
49. Believers - followers
adherents
classical
affiliation
pagan
50. Independence; self-determination - political independence
adherents
autonomy
patronage
concubine