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Global Words You Should Know
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literacy
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Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. The ceremony of installing a new monarch
ecclesiastic
scorn
investiture
harem
2. Outward demonstration; indication of the presence of something;
manifestation
conscript
forestalling
patrilineal
3. 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
hierarchy
ecclesiastic
monasticism
congregate
4. Faithfulness; allegiance; loyalty
stratify
fealty
ethnocentric
eunuchs
5. Love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it
hinterland
harem
abdicate
nationalism
6. Related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle
pastoral
vigor
deity
pluralism
7. Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
medieval
concubine
positivism
imperial
8. Relating to or associated with an empire
adept
inextricable
imperial
aristocracy
9. Worldly; not pertaining to church matters or religion
garrison
pluralism
heretic
secular
10. Native to a certain area
indigenous
positivism
classical
aristocracy
11. A god or goddess
deity
sect
indigenous
puritanical
12. Predicted; foretold
decadent
ideology
prophesized
conscript
13. A remote and undeveloped area
hinterland
eradicate
eunuchs
heretic
14. A fortified military post where troops are stationed
garrison
inevitable
heretic
aristocracy
15. Belief in government run by religious leaders
theocracy
ecclesiastic
affiliation
paramount
16. Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant; mix together different elements
fuse
medieval
classical
subordinate
17. Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
medieval
nationalism
mortality
ideology
18. Outward demonstration; indication of the presence of something;
manifestation
sedentary
theocracy
emulate
19. Arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
venerate
manifestation
advent
prophesized
20. Direct descent from a particular ancestor
primogeniture
eradicate
aristocracy
lineage
21. A clergyman or other person in religious orders
matrilineal
ecclesiastic
pagan
precedent
22. Mistress
concubine
inevitable
harem
ethics
23. Someone Who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
positivism
adept
inextricable
decadent
24. Incapable of being avoided or prevented - bound to happen
harem
indigenous
papacy
inevitable
25. Regard with feelings of respect and reverence
venerate
textiles
evangelize
ideology
26. Mistress
adept
synthesis
ethnocentric
concubine
27. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
harem
puritanical
hinterland
pluralism
28. Largely inactive - accustomed to sitting
sedentary
secular
abdicate
ecclesiastic
29. Belief in government run by religious leaders
piety
forestalling
theocracy
abdicate
30. To come together in a group or crowd - assemble
pastoral
congregate
fuse
indigenous
31. The ceremony of installing a new monarch
mortality
investiture
lineage
medieval
32. A group - usually a small part of a larger group - united around some cause
maritime
subordinate
textiles
faction
33. Independence; self-determination - political independence
autonomy
lineage
medieval
decadent
34. Sameness; monotony; uniform - the same all over
despot
concubine
hastened
uniformity
35. Any system of persons or things ranked one above another
secular
hierarchy
indigenous
mortality
36. The official head of the Roman Catholic Church.
papacy
status
aristocracy
inextricable
37. A subdivision of a larger religious group - A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination
mortality
synthesis
sect
maritime
38. Believers - followers
congregate
adherents
hierarchy
egalitarian
39. A person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions.
pagan
ideology
secular
uniformity
40. Decaying or decayed - especially in terms of morals - downfall
decadent
fealty
deity
fealty
41. Of recognized authority or excellence; relating to ancient Greece or Rome
precedent
deity
classical
status
42. Any system of persons or things ranked one above another
positivism
patrilineal
lineage
hierarchy
43. (n) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
garrison
patrilineal
venerate
precedent
44. Relating to or associated with an empire
puritanical
adherents
imperial
doctrine
45. Natural - inborn
innate
investiture
monasticism
fealty
46. Incapable of being avoided or prevented - bound to happen
imperial
pagan
inextricable
inevitable
47. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen
patrilineal
maritime
deity
abdicate
48. A person's condition or position in the eyes of the law; relative rank or standing - especially in society ;prestige
status
ethnocentric
eradicate
sovereignty
49. Someone Who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
manifestation
subordinate
mortality
adept
50. Kept from public knowledge by various means; held back
ecclesiastic
secular
status
suppressed