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Global Words You Should Know
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literacy
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions.
sect
monopoly
pagan
pluralism
2. Someone Who is drafted into military service
conscript
patrilineal
ethnocentric
sect
3. Right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son; seniority by birth
emulate
suppressed
primogeniture
doctrine
4. Sameness; monotony; uniform - the same all over
precedent
deity
uniformity
positivism
5. Royal authority; supreme power and authority
eunuchs
paramount
patronage
sovereignty
6. Strength - energy
sect
maritime
vigor
morality
7. Outward demonstration; indication of the presence of something;
fealty
venerate
prophesized
manifestation
8. Having superior power and influence
imperial
forestalling
deity
paramount
9. Any system of persons or things ranked one above another
innate
egalitarian
hierarchy
adherents
10. Predicted; foretold
nationalism
theocracy
scorn
prophesized
11. Someone Who is drafted into military service
conscript
synthesis
hastened
nationalism
12. Relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the mother
innate
matrilineal
autonomy
pagan
13. Code of morality
evangelize
ethics
prophesized
vigor
14. Strive to equal or match - especially by imitating
ethics
hierarchy
emulate
theocracy
15. Preach the gospel (to)
fealty
manifestation
hinterland
evangelize
16. Belief in government run by religious leaders
prophesized
inevitable
investiture
theocracy
17. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen
maritime
inevitable
egalitarian
sect
18. Castrated males - originally in charge of protection of the ruler's concubines. Eventually had major roles in government - especially in China.
eunuchs
concubine
harem
innate
19. The body of doctrine - myth - belief - etc. - that guides an individual - social movement - institution - class - or large group.
autonomy
subsequent
ideology
pagan
20. Someone Who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
harem
eradicate
adept
suppressed
21. Decaying or decayed - especially in terms of morals - downfall
decadent
abdicate
suppressed
heretic
22. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen
monopoly
ecclesiastic
maritime
decadent
23. Love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it
pluralism
ethnocentric
evangelize
nationalism
24. Multiple ethnic or religious groups existing in the same area
textiles
pluralism
monopoly
evangelize
25. A subdivision of a larger religious group - A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination
nationalism
sect
hinterland
garrison
26. Right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son; seniority by birth
fuse
pluralism
primogeniture
secular
27. 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
eradicate
hastened
monasticism
medieval
28. A fortified military post where troops are stationed
sovereignty
faction
decadent
garrison
29. Open disrespect for a person or thing - look down on with disdain
textiles
sovereignty
scorn
medieval
30. Woven materials; cloth
inextricable
monasticism
textiles
medieval
31. Devotion and reverence to God
piety
theocracy
inevitable
sedentary
32. To give up power
ethnocentric
nationalism
abdicate
autonomy
33. To give up power
theocracy
doctrine
primogeniture
abdicate
34. Arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
venerate
aristocracy
advent
forestalling
35. Worldly; not pertaining to church matters or religion
synthesis
secular
despot
sedentary
36. A cruel and oppressive dictator - tyrant
pastoral
indigenous
despot
nationalism
37. A person who believes in the equality of all people
evangelize
egalitarian
maritime
lineage
38. A remote and undeveloped area
subordinate
prophesized
hinterland
maritime
39. A cruel and oppressive dictator - tyrant
morality
hastened
faction
despot
40. Philosophy
patronage
positivism
imperial
patronage
41. Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
faction
doctrine
venerate
morality
42. The ceremony of installing a new monarch
fealty
evangelize
investiture
ideology
43. (n) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
precedent
lineage
manifestation
ethnocentric
44. To move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry
hastened
papacy
precedent
adept
45. Faithfulness; allegiance; loyalty
sedentary
concubine
ecclesiastic
fealty
46. The official head of the Roman Catholic Church.
uniformity
abdicate
egalitarian
papacy
47. Code of morality
faction
ethics
despot
monasticism
48. Arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
ideology
suppressed
advent
abdicate
49. Related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle
harem
subordinate
pastoral
secular
50. Natural - inborn
innate
piety
monasticism
inevitable