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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. To wipe out; to destroy
vigor
eradicate
sovereignty
heretic
2. Otherworldly; mysterious; enigmatic
ideology
mystic
sect
theocracy
3. Code of morality
abdicate
morality
hastened
ethics
4. Outward demonstration; indication of the presence of something;
lineage
manifestation
patrilineal
decadent
5. 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
lineage
monasticism
synthesis
status
6. Any system of persons or things ranked one above another
hierarchy
morality
decadent
sedentary
7. Devotion and reverence to God
hinterland
garrison
papacy
piety
8. Castrated males - originally in charge of protection of the ruler's concubines. Eventually had major roles in government - especially in China.
sedentary
forestalling
heretic
eunuchs
9. Any system of persons or things ranked one above another
papacy
hierarchy
emulate
hinterland
10. Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
conscript
monasticism
medieval
patrilineal
11. Natural - inborn
innate
decadent
advent
pagan
12. A fortified military post where troops are stationed
pagan
eunuchs
vigor
garrison
13. Faithfulness; allegiance; loyalty
pluralism
hinterland
lineage
fealty
14. Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
matrilineal
medieval
pluralism
investiture
15. A person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions.
status
vigor
pagan
uniformity
16. Independence; self-determination - political independence
autonomy
patrilineal
lineage
garrison
17. A god or goddess
deity
nationalism
heretic
hastened
18. Incapable of being solved or untangled
secular
pastoral
emulate
inextricable
19. Sameness; monotony; uniform - the same all over
uniformity
paramount
doctrine
conscript
20. To move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry
subordinate
subsequent
suppressed
hastened
21. Mistress
faction
textiles
adept
concubine
22. The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
emulate
sedentary
patronage
monopoly
23. Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
innate
morality
harem
investiture
24. Following in time or order - following - coming after or later
suppressed
subsequent
harem
venerate
25. Right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son; seniority by birth
precedent
inevitable
primogeniture
harem
26. The combination of parts to make a whole
synthesis
sedentary
papacy
egalitarian
27. Strive to equal or match - especially by imitating
primogeniture
emulate
advent
lineage
28. A person who believes in the equality of all people
adherents
egalitarian
abdicate
mystic
29. The ceremony of installing a new monarch
precedent
prophesized
classical
investiture
30. A cruel and oppressive dictator - tyrant
suppressed
lineage
despot
inevitable
31. A person who believes in the equality of all people
precedent
mystic
egalitarian
uniformity
32. Death rate
precedent
mortality
positivism
monopoly
33. Royal authority; supreme power and authority
autonomy
forestalling
sovereignty
hierarchy
34. Centered on a specific ethnic group - usually one's own
lineage
ethnocentric
synthesis
classical
35. Outward demonstration; indication of the presence of something;
heretic
pastoral
sect
manifestation
36. A belief - principle - or teaching
doctrine
primogeniture
mortality
hastened
37. Kept from public knowledge by various means; held back
sect
eunuchs
monopoly
suppressed
38. Relating to or associated with an empire
venerate
manifestation
imperial
inextricable
39. Mistress
vigor
conscript
concubine
abdicate
40. The act of being formally connected or joined
stratify
affiliation
harem
ethnocentric
41. Open disrespect for a person or thing - look down on with disdain
despot
theocracy
status
scorn
42. The most powerful members of a society (some with hereditary titles)
faction
abdicate
hinterland
aristocracy
43. To move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry
theocracy
hastened
ethnocentric
patrilineal
44. A subdivision of a larger religious group - A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination
ecclesiastic
sect
positivism
aristocracy
45. Multiple ethnic or religious groups existing in the same area
aristocracy
hastened
suppressed
pluralism
46. Faithfulness; allegiance; loyalty
fealty
scorn
patronage
sedentary
47. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
piety
classical
positivism
harem
48. Direct descent from a particular ancestor
ecclesiastic
eradicate
deity
lineage
49. Related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle
congregate
pastoral
inevitable
aristocracy
50. Incapable of being avoided or prevented - bound to happen
synthesis
inevitable
advent
sovereignty