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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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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Mistress
pastoral
subsequent
concubine
patronage
2. Arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
advent
ideology
patrilineal
affiliation
3. Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant; mix together different elements
inevitable
matrilineal
deity
fuse
4. Direct descent from a particular ancestor
lineage
hastened
status
classical
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
affiliation
sect
monasticism
adherents
6. Control of a product or service by one company
ethnocentric
subordinate
theocracy
monopoly
7. Control of a product or service by one company
egalitarian
garrison
medieval
monopoly
8. Lower in rank or position - secondary; one Who is in a lower position or under the orders of someone else;
secular
despot
harem
subordinate
9. A subdivision of a larger religious group - A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination
sect
aristocracy
faction
eunuchs
10. A fortified military post where troops are stationed
garrison
sedentary
hastened
decadent
11. The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
eradicate
inextricable
patronage
fealty
12. Royal authority; supreme power and authority
eradicate
advent
despot
sovereignty
13. Someone Who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
adept
advent
indigenous
harem
14. Natural - inborn
subsequent
innate
uniformity
morality
15. Death rate
heretic
mortality
emulate
concubine
16. (n) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
classical
patrilineal
precedent
autonomy
17. Relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the mother
nationalism
puritanical
lineage
matrilineal
18. 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
inevitable
monasticism
hastened
mortality
19. Any system of persons or things ranked one above another
fealty
innate
hierarchy
adept
20. A person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the those of the Roman Catholic Church
emulate
eradicate
heretic
ethnocentric
21. Woven materials; cloth
textiles
stratify
mortality
prophesized
22. Otherworldly; mysterious; enigmatic
advent
deity
mystic
autonomy
23. Incapable of being avoided or prevented - bound to happen
venerate
morality
uniformity
inevitable
24. Someone Who is drafted into military service
patronage
secular
uniformity
conscript
25. Open disrespect for a person or thing - look down on with disdain
puritanical
scorn
eunuchs
prophesized
26. Decaying or decayed - especially in terms of morals - downfall
decadent
faction
uniformity
hinterland
27. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
despot
scorn
vigor
harem
28. To come together in a group or crowd - assemble
abdicate
emulate
congregate
precedent
29. Largely inactive - accustomed to sitting
mortality
doctrine
textiles
sedentary
30. The combination of parts to make a whole
synthesis
vigor
hastened
inevitable
31. Decaying or decayed - especially in terms of morals - downfall
despot
sovereignty
decadent
despot
32. To wipe out; to destroy
manifestation
subordinate
piety
eradicate
33. The ceremony of installing a new monarch
investiture
papacy
mystic
pastoral
34. Mistress
heretic
eunuchs
concubine
sedentary
35. Centered on a specific ethnic group - usually one's own
ethnocentric
forestalling
inevitable
faction
36. Code of morality
monopoly
sedentary
abdicate
ethics
37. Sameness; monotony; uniform - the same all over
hierarchy
uniformity
suppressed
paramount
38. A person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions.
pagan
forestalling
indigenous
egalitarian
39. Arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
textiles
puritanical
autonomy
advent
40. A person's condition or position in the eyes of the law; relative rank or standing - especially in society ;prestige
hierarchy
status
patronage
inevitable
41. Love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it
subordinate
nationalism
sedentary
hinterland
42. The body of doctrine - myth - belief - etc. - that guides an individual - social movement - institution - class - or large group.
inextricable
paramount
ideology
aristocracy
43. Right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son; seniority by birth
textiles
monasticism
concubine
primogeniture
44. Code of morality
sect
ethics
patrilineal
imperial
45. Belief in government run by religious leaders
inevitable
suppressed
ethics
theocracy
46. To move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry
venerate
mystic
hastened
medieval
47. Based on or tracing descent through the male line
suppressed
patrilineal
classical
doctrine
48. Strive to equal or match - especially by imitating
congregate
innate
emulate
maritime
49. Outward demonstration; indication of the presence of something;
sect
matrilineal
manifestation
sedentary
50. To stop; delay - hinder
congregate
sedentary
forestalling
monasticism