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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. Death rate
investiture
mortality
uniformity
mystic
2. Strength - energy
papacy
vigor
positivism
theocracy
3. Control of a product or service by one company
medieval
monopoly
primogeniture
concubine
4. Someone Who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
morality
autonomy
stratify
adept
5. The ceremony of installing a new monarch
investiture
ethnocentric
hinterland
nationalism
6. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen
doctrine
garrison
maritime
forestalling
7. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen
lineage
subsequent
maritime
faction
8. Natural - inborn
affiliation
innate
classical
faction
9. Decaying or decayed - especially in terms of morals - downfall
papacy
decadent
papacy
uniformity
10. 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
venerate
positivism
abdicate
monasticism
11. Following in time or order - following - coming after or later
vigor
subsequent
primogeniture
stratify
12. Open disrespect for a person or thing - look down on with disdain
status
scorn
patronage
fuse
13. Incapable of being solved or untangled
aristocracy
lineage
patrilineal
inextricable
14. A person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions.
subsequent
pagan
precedent
forestalling
15. Royal authority; supreme power and authority
sovereignty
inextricable
evangelize
precedent
16. Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant; mix together different elements
patronage
fuse
prophesized
paramount
17. A person's condition or position in the eyes of the law; relative rank or standing - especially in society ;prestige
decadent
nationalism
status
forestalling
18. To come together in a group or crowd - assemble
congregate
maritime
subordinate
status
19. Direct descent from a particular ancestor
ethnocentric
lineage
innate
despot
20. Otherworldly; mysterious; enigmatic
mystic
investiture
affiliation
heretic
21. Right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son; seniority by birth
matrilineal
fealty
deity
primogeniture
22. Largely inactive - accustomed to sitting
puritanical
sedentary
precedent
imperial
23. A subdivision of a larger religious group - A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination
sect
primogeniture
garrison
vigor
24. Royal authority; supreme power and authority
evangelize
sovereignty
indigenous
emulate
25. Arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
classical
innate
inextricable
advent
26. Believers - followers
forestalling
concubine
adherents
ethnocentric
27. Code of morality
ecclesiastic
synthesis
ethics
heretic
28. A god or goddess
deity
pluralism
faction
subsequent
29. Decaying or decayed - especially in terms of morals - downfall
maritime
sovereignty
nationalism
decadent
30. A god or goddess
deity
pluralism
maritime
textiles
31. Centered on a specific ethnic group - usually one's own
ethnocentric
doctrine
investiture
eradicate
32. The most powerful members of a society (some with hereditary titles)
heretic
piety
aristocracy
autonomy
33. 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
hierarchy
lineage
decadent
monasticism
34. (n) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
deity
mortality
aristocracy
precedent
35. Someone Who is drafted into military service
conscript
despot
fealty
status
36. A group - usually a small part of a larger group - united around some cause
faction
patrilineal
monopoly
decadent
37. Divide society into social classes or castes; to arrange in layers
nationalism
inevitable
manifestation
stratify
38. Mistress
doctrine
indigenous
concubine
abdicate
39. A clergyman or other person in religious orders
uniformity
imperial
emulate
ecclesiastic
40. A cruel and oppressive dictator - tyrant
despot
hastened
sovereignty
harem
41. Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
morality
eradicate
heretic
positivism
42. Related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle
puritanical
sedentary
autonomy
pastoral
43. Very strict in matters of religious or moral conduct
hastened
puritanical
piety
abdicate
44. Native to a certain area
pluralism
faction
ideology
indigenous
45. The body of doctrine - myth - belief - etc. - that guides an individual - social movement - institution - class - or large group.
decadent
status
ideology
abdicate
46. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
harem
emulate
affiliation
manifestation
47. Of recognized authority or excellence; relating to ancient Greece or Rome
classical
manifestation
nationalism
positivism
48. The body of doctrine - myth - belief - etc. - that guides an individual - social movement - institution - class - or large group.
ideology
subsequent
fealty
manifestation
49. Otherworldly; mysterious; enigmatic
congregate
eunuchs
mystic
prophesized
50. To move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry
sect
hastened
adherents
indigenous