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Global Words You Should Know
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
concubine
manifestation
harem
venerate
2. To give up power
egalitarian
abdicate
deity
sect
3. Arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
matrilineal
mystic
advent
subordinate
4. Relating to or associated with an empire
uniformity
inextricable
imperial
sedentary
5. A person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the those of the Roman Catholic Church
secular
heretic
advent
inevitable
6. Any system of persons or things ranked one above another
heretic
hastened
autonomy
hierarchy
7. Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
affiliation
medieval
evangelize
pagan
8. A fortified military post where troops are stationed
sect
garrison
puritanical
sedentary
9. Arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
precedent
eradicate
advent
fealty
10. Belief in government run by religious leaders
monasticism
theocracy
sovereignty
subsequent
11. Related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle
pagan
theocracy
pastoral
ethics
12. Multiple ethnic or religious groups existing in the same area
ethnocentric
aristocracy
pluralism
theocracy
13. Divide society into social classes or castes; to arrange in layers
uniformity
ethics
stratify
prophesized
14. Control of a product or service by one company
monopoly
doctrine
inextricable
piety
15. Castrated males - originally in charge of protection of the ruler's concubines. Eventually had major roles in government - especially in China.
faction
synthesis
mystic
eunuchs
16. The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
patronage
stratify
eunuchs
eradicate
17. A subdivision of a larger religious group - A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination
sect
pluralism
lineage
innate
18. Royal authority; supreme power and authority
morality
innate
sovereignty
lineage
19. Someone Who is drafted into military service
monopoly
faction
fealty
conscript
20. Outward demonstration; indication of the presence of something;
manifestation
imperial
precedent
fealty
21. Sameness; monotony; uniform - the same all over
harem
investiture
uniformity
monopoly
22. Kept from public knowledge by various means; held back
monasticism
concubine
autonomy
suppressed
23. Philosophy
ethnocentric
egalitarian
positivism
autonomy
24. Royal authority; supreme power and authority
patrilineal
morality
sovereignty
textiles
25. Faithfulness; allegiance; loyalty
affiliation
morality
fealty
textiles
26. Worldly; not pertaining to church matters or religion
secular
deity
mystic
harem
27. Strive to equal or match - especially by imitating
emulate
secular
subordinate
matrilineal
28. Of recognized authority or excellence; relating to ancient Greece or Rome
advent
classical
garrison
synthesis
29. Relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the mother
matrilineal
paramount
fealty
manifestation
30. A person who believes in the equality of all people
fealty
status
egalitarian
monopoly
31. A group - usually a small part of a larger group - united around some cause
mystic
eunuchs
faction
indigenous
32. Otherworldly; mysterious; enigmatic
morality
mortality
nationalism
mystic
33. A remote and undeveloped area
papacy
hinterland
theocracy
scorn
34. The ceremony of installing a new monarch
patronage
affiliation
advent
investiture
35. Of recognized authority or excellence; relating to ancient Greece or Rome
morality
classical
papacy
lineage
36. The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
concubine
inevitable
patronage
sedentary
37. The most powerful members of a society (some with hereditary titles)
vigor
aristocracy
prophesized
indigenous
38. A person's condition or position in the eyes of the law; relative rank or standing - especially in society ;prestige
status
patrilineal
inextricable
pluralism
39. Natural - inborn
indigenous
ethics
positivism
innate
40. Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
piety
morality
classical
fealty
41. Direct descent from a particular ancestor
decadent
lineage
garrison
affiliation
42. Mistress
concubine
patronage
patrilineal
nationalism
43. Based on or tracing descent through the male line
pagan
ecclesiastic
monasticism
patrilineal
44. To wipe out; to destroy
eradicate
nationalism
abdicate
deity
45. Death rate
positivism
mortality
monopoly
stratify
46. The combination of parts to make a whole
synthesis
indigenous
aristocracy
pastoral
47. Faithfulness; allegiance; loyalty
concubine
manifestation
inevitable
fealty
48. To wipe out; to destroy
indigenous
eradicate
stratify
ethics
49. Control of a product or service by one company
monopoly
subordinate
inevitable
sedentary
50. A person who believes in the equality of all people
papacy
egalitarian
innate
matrilineal