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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. Relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the mother
matrilineal
abdicate
fuse
precedent
2. A fortified military post where troops are stationed
deity
garrison
fealty
advent
3. Kept from public knowledge by various means; held back
fuse
secular
scorn
suppressed
4. Relating to or associated with an empire
subordinate
imperial
medieval
garrison
5. Right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son; seniority by birth
imperial
vigor
primogeniture
maritime
6. To wipe out; to destroy
ecclesiastic
congregate
eradicate
venerate
7. Independence; self-determination - political independence
adherents
autonomy
ecclesiastic
scorn
8. Arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
mystic
papacy
advent
suppressed
9. Direct descent from a particular ancestor
eradicate
lineage
suppressed
eunuchs
10. A belief - principle - or teaching
imperial
doctrine
inextricable
secular
11. Of recognized authority or excellence; relating to ancient Greece or Rome
classical
congregate
mortality
venerate
12. The most powerful members of a society (some with hereditary titles)
vigor
uniformity
suppressed
aristocracy
13. A person's condition or position in the eyes of the law; relative rank or standing - especially in society ;prestige
morality
deity
pluralism
status
14. Multiple ethnic or religious groups existing in the same area
emulate
pluralism
papacy
forestalling
15. Largely inactive - accustomed to sitting
monasticism
sedentary
advent
hierarchy
16. A belief - principle - or teaching
inevitable
doctrine
aristocracy
hinterland
17. Based on or tracing descent through the male line
vigor
maritime
sect
patrilineal
18. To stop; delay - hinder
adherents
sovereignty
forestalling
scorn
19. A group - usually a small part of a larger group - united around some cause
faction
maritime
evangelize
inevitable
20. A person who believes in the equality of all people
heretic
subordinate
egalitarian
inextricable
21. Very strict in matters of religious or moral conduct
puritanical
venerate
matrilineal
inevitable
22. Believers - followers
adherents
pagan
hierarchy
conscript
23. Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant; mix together different elements
scorn
fuse
stratify
adherents
24. A remote and undeveloped area
ethnocentric
inevitable
hinterland
medieval
25. Divide society into social classes or castes; to arrange in layers
subsequent
stratify
adherents
status
26. A god or goddess
uniformity
manifestation
deity
fuse
27. Belief in government run by religious leaders
emulate
egalitarian
theocracy
uniformity
28. Independence; self-determination - political independence
inevitable
forestalling
autonomy
conscript
29. The official head of the Roman Catholic Church.
abdicate
decadent
pagan
papacy
30. Woven materials; cloth
textiles
abdicate
primogeniture
ecclesiastic
31. Love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it
classical
egalitarian
advent
nationalism
32. Devotion and reverence to God
conscript
piety
hinterland
puritanical
33. Relating to or associated with an empire
abdicate
imperial
affiliation
piety
34. Arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
egalitarian
positivism
matrilineal
advent
35. A clergyman or other person in religious orders
status
ecclesiastic
primogeniture
faction
36. Royal authority; supreme power and authority
investiture
monopoly
eunuchs
sovereignty
37. Castrated males - originally in charge of protection of the ruler's concubines. Eventually had major roles in government - especially in China.
matrilineal
papacy
eunuchs
decadent
38. To come together in a group or crowd - assemble
affiliation
matrilineal
congregate
hinterland
39. To wipe out; to destroy
eradicate
matrilineal
patrilineal
harem
40. Right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son; seniority by birth
abdicate
mortality
primogeniture
advent
41. A clergyman or other person in religious orders
congregate
affiliation
ecclesiastic
indigenous
42. To stop; delay - hinder
subordinate
advent
forestalling
positivism
43. Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
conscript
ecclesiastic
medieval
innate
44. Death rate
concubine
paramount
status
mortality
45. Regard with feelings of respect and reverence
subsequent
venerate
papacy
adept
46. Belief in government run by religious leaders
paramount
stratify
maritime
theocracy
47. Predicted; foretold
sovereignty
mortality
prophesized
fuse
48. Love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it
subsequent
nationalism
harem
forestalling
49. Strength - energy
vigor
medieval
autonomy
adherents
50. The most powerful members of a society (some with hereditary titles)
imperial
textiles
adept
aristocracy