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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. A group - usually a small part of a larger group - united around some cause
paramount
faction
textiles
deity
2. Believers - followers
papacy
venerate
adherents
garrison
3. Natural - inborn
suppressed
nationalism
innate
imperial
4. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
mystic
harem
pagan
patronage
5. Any system of persons or things ranked one above another
hinterland
primogeniture
scorn
hierarchy
6. The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
inextricable
matrilineal
patronage
lineage
7. A god or goddess
fealty
decadent
paramount
deity
8. Centered on a specific ethnic group - usually one's own
ethnocentric
advent
nationalism
prophesized
9. Very strict in matters of religious or moral conduct
puritanical
precedent
concubine
egalitarian
10. Someone Who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
abdicate
adept
doctrine
doctrine
11. 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
despot
monasticism
deity
textiles
12. A person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions.
theocracy
sovereignty
synthesis
pagan
13. Devotion and reverence to God
innate
monopoly
positivism
piety
14. Preach the gospel (to)
inextricable
evangelize
sedentary
adept
15. Kept from public knowledge by various means; held back
faction
patronage
suppressed
patrilineal
16. Code of morality
ethics
egalitarian
decadent
vigor
17. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen
eunuchs
heretic
deity
maritime
18. A cruel and oppressive dictator - tyrant
despot
matrilineal
adept
textiles
19. Kept from public knowledge by various means; held back
suppressed
lineage
investiture
innate
20. Incapable of being solved or untangled
vigor
evangelize
synthesis
inextricable
21. A person who believes in the equality of all people
suppressed
deity
piety
egalitarian
22. Based on or tracing descent through the male line
patrilineal
egalitarian
stratify
abdicate
23. Outward demonstration; indication of the presence of something;
manifestation
status
maritime
subsequent
24. Based on or tracing descent through the male line
indigenous
autonomy
patrilineal
venerate
25. Faithfulness; allegiance; loyalty
sovereignty
piety
ethnocentric
fealty
26. 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
affiliation
eunuchs
inevitable
monasticism
27. Worldly; not pertaining to church matters or religion
matrilineal
adept
secular
ethics
28. The most powerful members of a society (some with hereditary titles)
ethics
aristocracy
imperial
imperial
29. Incapable of being avoided or prevented - bound to happen
precedent
adept
inevitable
secular
30. A person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the those of the Roman Catholic Church
investiture
heretic
theocracy
papacy
31. To come together in a group or crowd - assemble
venerate
congregate
advent
maritime
32. Natural - inborn
hastened
innate
mystic
prophesized
33. Arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
monopoly
manifestation
advent
paramount
34. Someone Who is drafted into military service
monopoly
precedent
doctrine
conscript
35. Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
textiles
morality
mortality
scorn
36. Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
lineage
abdicate
medieval
piety
37. Control of a product or service by one company
fuse
morality
monopoly
innate
38. (n) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
eradicate
precedent
secular
harem
39. Sameness; monotony; uniform - the same all over
precedent
uniformity
hinterland
harem
40. Regard with feelings of respect and reverence
manifestation
venerate
secular
ethics
41. Castrated males - originally in charge of protection of the ruler's concubines. Eventually had major roles in government - especially in China.
eunuchs
pagan
vigor
secular
42. A person who believes in the equality of all people
patrilineal
decadent
egalitarian
congregate
43. To come together in a group or crowd - assemble
congregate
innate
adherents
monopoly
44. A person's condition or position in the eyes of the law; relative rank or standing - especially in society ;prestige
puritanical
status
forestalling
medieval
45. Strive to equal or match - especially by imitating
patronage
emulate
nationalism
theocracy
46. Native to a certain area
subsequent
sect
indigenous
concubine
47. Faithfulness; allegiance; loyalty
fealty
morality
morality
precedent
48. Otherworldly; mysterious; enigmatic
concubine
venerate
mystic
indigenous
49. A fortified military post where troops are stationed
primogeniture
patronage
manifestation
garrison
50. Castrated males - originally in charge of protection of the ruler's concubines. Eventually had major roles in government - especially in China.
primogeniture
patrilineal
eunuchs
vigor