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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. To stop; delay - hinder
matrilineal
monopoly
doctrine
forestalling
2. Code of morality
secular
eradicate
paramount
ethics
3. Castrated males - originally in charge of protection of the ruler's concubines. Eventually had major roles in government - especially in China.
eunuchs
aristocracy
patronage
autonomy
4. 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
imperial
sovereignty
monasticism
piety
5. Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
patronage
matrilineal
morality
papacy
6. A person's condition or position in the eyes of the law; relative rank or standing - especially in society ;prestige
despot
status
secular
venerate
7. The combination of parts to make a whole
synthesis
secular
hastened
decadent
8. To give up power
hinterland
abdicate
sedentary
papacy
9. Incapable of being avoided or prevented - bound to happen
patrilineal
inevitable
fealty
paramount
10. (n) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
morality
despot
precedent
positivism
11. The act of being formally connected or joined
autonomy
affiliation
innate
uniformity
12. To stop; delay - hinder
adherents
conscript
mystic
forestalling
13. Decaying or decayed - especially in terms of morals - downfall
textiles
decadent
sect
stratify
14. Direct descent from a particular ancestor
lineage
despot
decadent
eradicate
15. The most powerful members of a society (some with hereditary titles)
mystic
aristocracy
inextricable
theocracy
16. Right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son; seniority by birth
puritanical
primogeniture
prophesized
ethnocentric
17. A person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions.
sovereignty
subordinate
hinterland
pagan
18. Incapable of being solved or untangled
inextricable
subordinate
primogeniture
ethics
19. Multiple ethnic or religious groups existing in the same area
vigor
nationalism
pluralism
forestalling
20. The ceremony of installing a new monarch
ecclesiastic
medieval
autonomy
investiture
21. To wipe out; to destroy
eradicate
garrison
secular
doctrine
22. Control of a product or service by one company
uniformity
sect
piety
monopoly
23. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen
maritime
ethnocentric
hierarchy
egalitarian
24. Mistress
fealty
investiture
concubine
heretic
25. Right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son; seniority by birth
classical
investiture
primogeniture
garrison
26. A subdivision of a larger religious group - A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination
sect
scorn
evangelize
puritanical
27. Native to a certain area
indigenous
deity
ecclesiastic
affiliation
28. Natural - inborn
fealty
adept
precedent
innate
29. 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
decadent
garrison
monasticism
patrilineal
30. Worldly; not pertaining to church matters or religion
secular
hierarchy
investiture
congregate
31. Multiple ethnic or religious groups existing in the same area
faction
affiliation
monopoly
pluralism
32. Centered on a specific ethnic group - usually one's own
evangelize
innate
emulate
ethnocentric
33. Strive to equal or match - especially by imitating
advent
textiles
emulate
primogeniture
34. Outward demonstration; indication of the presence of something;
manifestation
sedentary
ecclesiastic
lineage
35. The official head of the Roman Catholic Church.
pastoral
abdicate
theocracy
papacy
36. To move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry
congregate
hastened
evangelize
theocracy
37. Strength - energy
fealty
despot
vigor
garrison
38. Mistress
affiliation
medieval
mortality
concubine
39. Belief in government run by religious leaders
theocracy
patrilineal
suppressed
adept
40. Devotion and reverence to God
piety
textiles
decadent
sedentary
41. A person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the those of the Roman Catholic Church
decadent
heretic
investiture
hinterland
42. Direct descent from a particular ancestor
vigor
pluralism
lineage
forestalling
43. A remote and undeveloped area
hastened
monasticism
hinterland
inextricable
44. Related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle
scorn
pastoral
papacy
emulate
45. Code of morality
garrison
ethics
ideology
doctrine
46. A clergyman or other person in religious orders
faction
deity
sedentary
ecclesiastic
47. Incapable of being solved or untangled
primogeniture
scorn
maritime
inextricable
48. Lower in rank or position - secondary; one Who is in a lower position or under the orders of someone else;
subordinate
conscript
decadent
hinterland
49. The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
conscript
synthesis
patronage
imperial
50. To move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry
vigor
papacy
positivism
hastened