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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. Philosophy
sedentary
positivism
papacy
matrilineal
2. Natural - inborn
deity
innate
papacy
subsequent
3. Strive to equal or match - especially by imitating
forestalling
stratify
emulate
sovereignty
4. Incapable of being avoided or prevented - bound to happen
subsequent
inevitable
innate
inextricable
5. Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
maritime
theocracy
emulate
morality
6. Open disrespect for a person or thing - look down on with disdain
scorn
emulate
puritanical
fealty
7. To stop; delay - hinder
subordinate
forestalling
eunuchs
hastened
8. Love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it
innate
secular
nationalism
inevitable
9. Of recognized authority or excellence; relating to ancient Greece or Rome
classical
inextricable
sovereignty
congregate
10. A person who believes in the equality of all people
egalitarian
congregate
deity
forestalling
11. Believers - followers
affiliation
doctrine
decadent
adherents
12. Outward demonstration; indication of the presence of something;
theocracy
imperial
manifestation
matrilineal
13. Royal authority; supreme power and authority
sovereignty
congregate
vigor
fealty
14. Kept from public knowledge by various means; held back
adept
innate
suppressed
monopoly
15. Belief in government run by religious leaders
abdicate
inevitable
emulate
theocracy
16. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
subsequent
indigenous
monasticism
harem
17. A person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the those of the Roman Catholic Church
heretic
nationalism
secular
sovereignty
18. To stop; delay - hinder
forestalling
emulate
aristocracy
evangelize
19. A subdivision of a larger religious group - A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination
evangelize
sect
medieval
monasticism
20. Predicted; foretold
conscript
mystic
monopoly
prophesized
21. To move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry
hinterland
ideology
adherents
hastened
22. Strength - energy
eunuchs
synthesis
vigor
mortality
23. Someone Who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
deity
aristocracy
imperial
adept
24. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
adept
patrilineal
harem
emulate
25. Lower in rank or position - secondary; one Who is in a lower position or under the orders of someone else;
autonomy
subordinate
venerate
imperial
26. Faithfulness; allegiance; loyalty
medieval
secular
inextricable
fealty
27. Based on or tracing descent through the male line
patrilineal
morality
secular
puritanical
28. Multiple ethnic or religious groups existing in the same area
pluralism
hastened
eradicate
mortality
29. A cruel and oppressive dictator - tyrant
abdicate
despot
egalitarian
synthesis
30. Decaying or decayed - especially in terms of morals - downfall
classical
decadent
imperial
heretic
31. Preach the gospel (to)
evangelize
sect
ethics
faction
32. Direct descent from a particular ancestor
lineage
ideology
doctrine
vigor
33. Having superior power and influence
eunuchs
paramount
adept
precedent
34. The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
mystic
mortality
patronage
mystic
35. A person who believes in the equality of all people
hinterland
sect
egalitarian
uniformity
36. Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant; mix together different elements
fuse
primogeniture
congregate
doctrine
37. Related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle
puritanical
harem
heretic
pastoral
38. Incapable of being avoided or prevented - bound to happen
ecclesiastic
inevitable
scorn
lineage
39. Relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the mother
affiliation
matrilineal
subsequent
sovereignty
40. Right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son; seniority by birth
evangelize
prophesized
patrilineal
primogeniture
41. Mistress
concubine
adept
manifestation
lineage
42. A cruel and oppressive dictator - tyrant
despot
sect
matrilineal
monasticism
43. A clergyman or other person in religious orders
ecclesiastic
status
medieval
secular
44. The most powerful members of a society (some with hereditary titles)
adherents
hinterland
aristocracy
sovereignty
45. Following in time or order - following - coming after or later
stratify
hinterland
stratify
subsequent
46. To come together in a group or crowd - assemble
congregate
conscript
aristocracy
status
47. 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
heretic
monasticism
ethnocentric
hinterland
48. A remote and undeveloped area
abdicate
monopoly
doctrine
hinterland
49. Of recognized authority or excellence; relating to ancient Greece or Rome
subsequent
status
patrilineal
classical
50. Strive to equal or match - especially by imitating
conscript
despot
egalitarian
emulate