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Global Words You Should Know
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Subjects
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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 god or goddess
patrilineal
pagan
deity
mortality
2. Believers - followers
textiles
mortality
investiture
adherents
3. The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
status
indigenous
patronage
doctrine
4. Decaying or decayed - especially in terms of morals - downfall
sovereignty
despot
scorn
decadent
5. Death rate
mortality
innate
despot
textiles
6. Multiple ethnic or religious groups existing in the same area
pluralism
ethnocentric
textiles
investiture
7. Devotion and reverence to God
piety
mortality
indigenous
adept
8. Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
maritime
medieval
papacy
subordinate
9. Lower in rank or position - secondary; one Who is in a lower position or under the orders of someone else;
innate
hierarchy
subordinate
matrilineal
10. Mistress
vigor
ideology
investiture
concubine
11. Code of morality
positivism
theocracy
doctrine
ethics
12. The most powerful members of a society (some with hereditary titles)
adept
aristocracy
eunuchs
piety
13. Outward demonstration; indication of the presence of something;
concubine
manifestation
forestalling
advent
14. The most powerful members of a society (some with hereditary titles)
monasticism
mystic
evangelize
aristocracy
15. Largely inactive - accustomed to sitting
sedentary
abdicate
harem
adherents
16. A group - usually a small part of a larger group - united around some cause
manifestation
mortality
medieval
faction
17. Kept from public knowledge by various means; held back
hierarchy
subsequent
sedentary
suppressed
18. Following in time or order - following - coming after or later
eunuchs
precedent
subsequent
patronage
19. The act of being formally connected or joined
affiliation
egalitarian
matrilineal
paramount
20. To give up power
abdicate
venerate
theocracy
innate
21. Someone Who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
imperial
harem
ideology
adept
22. Related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle
prophesized
pastoral
innate
medieval
23. Very strict in matters of religious or moral conduct
sedentary
classical
fuse
puritanical
24. A person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions.
mystic
pagan
primogeniture
stratify
25. Based on or tracing descent through the male line
ideology
eunuchs
mystic
patrilineal
26. Castrated males - originally in charge of protection of the ruler's concubines. Eventually had major roles in government - especially in China.
pagan
autonomy
uniformity
eunuchs
27. A person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions.
textiles
pagan
piety
manifestation
28. Arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
paramount
advent
aristocracy
adept
29. Any system of persons or things ranked one above another
subsequent
precedent
hierarchy
puritanical
30. Open disrespect for a person or thing - look down on with disdain
inevitable
mystic
suppressed
scorn
31. A god or goddess
autonomy
scorn
evangelize
deity
32. To give up power
investiture
mystic
mystic
abdicate
33. (n) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
precedent
faction
stratify
classical
34. Related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle
pastoral
indigenous
affiliation
fuse
35. Decaying or decayed - especially in terms of morals - downfall
forestalling
paramount
affiliation
decadent
36. Direct descent from a particular ancestor
lineage
status
precedent
forestalling
37. Based on or tracing descent through the male line
patrilineal
faction
hastened
evangelize
38. Castrated males - originally in charge of protection of the ruler's concubines. Eventually had major roles in government - especially in China.
mortality
eunuchs
secular
morality
39. Incapable of being solved or untangled
evangelize
sovereignty
papacy
inextricable
40. A fortified military post where troops are stationed
garrison
hierarchy
prophesized
autonomy
41. A remote and undeveloped area
advent
manifestation
decadent
hinterland
42. Natural - inborn
innate
precedent
monopoly
inevitable
43. A person who believes in the equality of all people
inevitable
egalitarian
theocracy
ecclesiastic
44. Otherworldly; mysterious; enigmatic
mystic
hinterland
congregate
fealty
45. Lower in rank or position - secondary; one Who is in a lower position or under the orders of someone else;
medieval
subordinate
investiture
morality
46. A cruel and oppressive dictator - tyrant
eunuchs
prophesized
monasticism
despot
47. Sameness; monotony; uniform - the same all over
uniformity
autonomy
affiliation
concubine
48. Regard with feelings of respect and reverence
positivism
aristocracy
venerate
advent
49. A person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the those of the Roman Catholic Church
pastoral
heretic
uniformity
vigor
50. Incapable of being avoided or prevented - bound to happen
subordinate
papacy
imperial
inevitable