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Global Words You Should Know
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. To move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry
pagan
status
hastened
monasticism
2. Preach the gospel (to)
evangelize
emulate
forestalling
conscript
3. Following in time or order - following - coming after or later
congregate
positivism
medieval
subsequent
4. Direct descent from a particular ancestor
lineage
patronage
conscript
concubine
5. Outward demonstration; indication of the presence of something;
manifestation
classical
mortality
positivism
6. A subdivision of a larger religious group - A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination
patrilineal
pastoral
sect
prophesized
7. To move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry
precedent
hastened
affiliation
puritanical
8. Strength - energy
papacy
vigor
pluralism
stratify
9. A person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the those of the Roman Catholic Church
prophesized
sect
heretic
deity
10. A person's condition or position in the eyes of the law; relative rank or standing - especially in society ;prestige
imperial
matrilineal
nationalism
status
11. A god or goddess
congregate
ethics
fuse
deity
12. Predicted; foretold
fuse
adherents
prophesized
ethnocentric
13. Castrated males - originally in charge of protection of the ruler's concubines. Eventually had major roles in government - especially in China.
aristocracy
scorn
eunuchs
investiture
14. Related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle
pastoral
mortality
pagan
forestalling
15. Multiple ethnic or religious groups existing in the same area
morality
pluralism
puritanical
prophesized
16. Incapable of being avoided or prevented - bound to happen
affiliation
inevitable
imperial
mortality
17. Someone Who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
emulate
primogeniture
ethics
adept
18. The ceremony of installing a new monarch
hierarchy
venerate
investiture
medieval
19. Relating to or associated with an empire
adept
theocracy
primogeniture
imperial
20. A person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions.
autonomy
pagan
pluralism
secular
21. Code of morality
pluralism
doctrine
forestalling
ethics
22. Code of morality
textiles
investiture
pluralism
ethics
23. Regard with feelings of respect and reverence
synthesis
affiliation
venerate
heretic
24. Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
morality
ethnocentric
aristocracy
piety
25. Philosophy
concubine
papacy
positivism
emulate
26. A person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the those of the Roman Catholic Church
doctrine
inevitable
heretic
pastoral
27. 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
indigenous
mystic
monasticism
primogeniture
28. Incapable of being avoided or prevented - bound to happen
inevitable
monopoly
puritanical
indigenous
29. A clergyman or other person in religious orders
deity
ecclesiastic
nationalism
secular
30. Decaying or decayed - especially in terms of morals - downfall
lineage
hierarchy
synthesis
decadent
31. Kept from public knowledge by various means; held back
deity
suppressed
decadent
heretic
32. A person who believes in the equality of all people
medieval
despot
mystic
egalitarian
33. Natural - inborn
precedent
innate
scorn
stratify
34. Having superior power and influence
positivism
paramount
manifestation
concubine
35. Incapable of being solved or untangled
vigor
inextricable
doctrine
eradicate
36. The ceremony of installing a new monarch
garrison
adept
investiture
sedentary
37. Any system of persons or things ranked one above another
investiture
hierarchy
innate
pastoral
38. Belief in government run by religious leaders
primogeniture
theocracy
harem
lineage
39. A cruel and oppressive dictator - tyrant
eradicate
despot
sovereignty
advent
40. Belief in government run by religious leaders
theocracy
suppressed
faction
egalitarian
41. Kept from public knowledge by various means; held back
uniformity
advent
suppressed
pagan
42. The official head of the Roman Catholic Church.
pluralism
papacy
hinterland
emulate
43. Strive to equal or match - especially by imitating
forestalling
emulate
hastened
autonomy
44. Otherworldly; mysterious; enigmatic
mystic
fealty
concubine
pluralism
45. Centered on a specific ethnic group - usually one's own
advent
inevitable
theocracy
ethnocentric
46. Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant; mix together different elements
heretic
fuse
sect
secular
47. Arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
sect
sect
despot
advent
48. Of recognized authority or excellence; relating to ancient Greece or Rome
monasticism
secular
hierarchy
classical
49. Strength - energy
vigor
egalitarian
inevitable
medieval
50. The most powerful members of a society (some with hereditary titles)
congregate
doctrine
aristocracy
hierarchy