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Global Words You Should Know

Subjects : literacy, vocabulary
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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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. Incapable of being avoided or prevented - bound to happen






2. Sameness; monotony; uniform - the same all over






3. A remote and undeveloped area






4. A belief - principle - or teaching






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






6. The act of being formally connected or joined






7. Mistress






8. Related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle






9. Control of a product or service by one company






10. Believers - followers






11. Incapable of being solved or untangled






12. Having superior power and influence






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






14. To wipe out; to destroy






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






16. To give up power






17. Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages






18. 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






19. Regard with feelings of respect and reverence






20. Believers - followers






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






22. Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong






23. 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






24. Relating to or associated with an empire






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






26. The combination of parts to make a whole






27. Code of morality






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






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






30. A cruel and oppressive dictator - tyrant






31. To give up power






32. Strive to equal or match - especially by imitating






33. Control of a product or service by one company






34. The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers






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






36. Incapable of being solved or untangled






37. A clergyman or other person in religious orders






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






39. Devotion and reverence to God






40. Based on or tracing descent through the male line






41. Royal authority; supreme power and authority






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






43. Royal authority; supreme power and authority






44. Decaying or decayed - especially in terms of morals - downfall






45. Otherworldly; mysterious; enigmatic






46. The ceremony of installing a new monarch






47. Centered on a specific ethnic group - usually one's own






48. Preach the gospel (to)






49. Predicted; foretold






50. A person's condition or position in the eyes of the law; relative rank or standing - especially in society ;prestige