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Global Words You Should Know

Subjects : literacy, vocabulary
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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. To give up power






2. The most powerful members of a society (some with hereditary titles)






3. Natural - inborn






4. To give up power






5. Woven materials; cloth






6. Strength - energy






7. Very strict in matters of religious or moral conduct






8. Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages






9. Code of morality






10. Open disrespect for a person or thing - look down on with disdain






11. Native to a certain area






12. A subdivision of a larger religious group - A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination






13. To move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry






14. A remote and undeveloped area






15. To come together in a group or crowd - assemble






16. Love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it






17. Believers - followers






18. A god or goddess






19. Belief in government run by religious leaders






20. Multiple ethnic or religious groups existing in the same area






21. Any system of persons or things ranked one above another






22. The act of being formally connected or joined






23. Strive to equal or match - especially by imitating






24. To stop; delay - hinder






25. Arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)






26. Kept from public knowledge by various means; held back






27. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen






28. Following in time or order - following - coming after or later






29. To move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry






30. Divide society into social classes or castes; to arrange in layers






31. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household






32. Otherworldly; mysterious; enigmatic






33. The most powerful members of a society (some with hereditary titles)






34. Predicted; foretold






35. A group - usually a small part of a larger group - united around some cause






36. Castrated males - originally in charge of protection of the ruler's concubines. Eventually had major roles in government - especially in China.






37. The official head of the Roman Catholic Church.






38. Belief in government run by religious leaders






39. Any system of persons or things ranked one above another






40. Incapable of being solved or untangled






41. Lower in rank or position - secondary; one Who is in a lower position or under the orders of someone else;






42. Faithfulness; allegiance; loyalty






43. Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages






44. Relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the mother






45. Outward demonstration; indication of the presence of something;






46. Castrated males - originally in charge of protection of the ruler's concubines. Eventually had major roles in government - especially in China.






47. To stop; delay - hinder






48. Regard with feelings of respect and reverence






49. A cruel and oppressive dictator - tyrant






50. The ceremony of installing a new monarch






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