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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. Very strict in matters of religious or moral conduct
puritanical
fuse
advent
manifestation
2. To wipe out; to destroy
patronage
evangelize
textiles
eradicate
3. Royal authority; supreme power and authority
fuse
sovereignty
affiliation
indigenous
4. Believers - followers
innate
imperial
adherents
mortality
5. Related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle
eunuchs
mystic
pastoral
autonomy
6. Faithfulness; allegiance; loyalty
heretic
venerate
hastened
fealty
7. Based on or tracing descent through the male line
ethnocentric
maritime
patrilineal
abdicate
8. Woven materials; cloth
pluralism
advent
textiles
prophesized
9. Outward demonstration; indication of the presence of something;
innate
mystic
manifestation
sedentary
10. Incapable of being solved or untangled
despot
inextricable
hinterland
fuse
11. Strength - energy
precedent
vigor
imperial
harem
12. Someone Who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
adept
inextricable
maritime
subordinate
13. Of recognized authority or excellence; relating to ancient Greece or Rome
classical
patronage
pastoral
advent
14. Code of morality
monasticism
ethics
advent
theocracy
15. Relating to or associated with an empire
classical
imperial
eradicate
deity
16. Kept from public knowledge by various means; held back
egalitarian
suppressed
ethnocentric
maritime
17. Following in time or order - following - coming after or later
deity
venerate
autonomy
subsequent
18. The ceremony of installing a new monarch
classical
status
investiture
vigor
19. Sameness; monotony; uniform - the same all over
stratify
uniformity
subordinate
lineage
20. Mistress
concubine
venerate
sedentary
puritanical
21. To come together in a group or crowd - assemble
paramount
positivism
fealty
congregate
22. To give up power
ethics
textiles
abdicate
adept
23. Related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle
evangelize
pastoral
eradicate
faction
24. The body of doctrine - myth - belief - etc. - that guides an individual - social movement - institution - class - or large group.
ideology
despot
hinterland
conscript
25. Arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
advent
indigenous
conscript
patronage
26. Relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the mother
matrilineal
investiture
ideology
innate
27. Having superior power and influence
patronage
subsequent
morality
paramount
28. The body of doctrine - myth - belief - etc. - that guides an individual - social movement - institution - class - or large group.
venerate
ideology
imperial
harem
29. A remote and undeveloped area
lineage
hinterland
monopoly
doctrine
30. Relating to or associated with an empire
harem
eunuchs
imperial
textiles
31. Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
paramount
morality
emulate
primogeniture
32. Worldly; not pertaining to church matters or religion
precedent
subordinate
secular
pagan
33. Devotion and reverence to God
hinterland
faction
vigor
piety
34. Otherworldly; mysterious; enigmatic
morality
sovereignty
mystic
inevitable
35. The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
ideology
affiliation
autonomy
patronage
36. Centered on a specific ethnic group - usually one's own
harem
patronage
classical
ethnocentric
37. (n) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
eradicate
uniformity
precedent
maritime
38. The combination of parts to make a whole
synthesis
despot
evangelize
eradicate
39. Regard with feelings of respect and reverence
venerate
deity
sovereignty
ideology
40. Direct descent from a particular ancestor
maritime
concubine
lineage
egalitarian
41. Direct descent from a particular ancestor
lineage
heretic
indigenous
puritanical
42. Castrated males - originally in charge of protection of the ruler's concubines. Eventually had major roles in government - especially in China.
eradicate
eunuchs
patrilineal
hierarchy
43. A cruel and oppressive dictator - tyrant
monasticism
despot
piety
sedentary
44. The official head of the Roman Catholic Church.
papacy
pagan
autonomy
vigor
45. A person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions.
ethics
pagan
congregate
sedentary
46. The act of being formally connected or joined
affiliation
secular
manifestation
fealty
47. Death rate
mortality
forestalling
matrilineal
innate
48. To stop; delay - hinder
despot
forestalling
classical
ethnocentric
49. Centered on a specific ethnic group - usually one's own
abdicate
conscript
ethnocentric
matrilineal
50. A belief - principle - or teaching
garrison
doctrine
mystic
ideology