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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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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. 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
monasticism
concubine
abdicate
eunuchs
2. A remote and undeveloped area
congregate
hinterland
ethnocentric
conscript
3. A clergyman or other person in religious orders
ideology
harem
ideology
ecclesiastic
4. To come together in a group or crowd - assemble
pastoral
congregate
forestalling
puritanical
5. Code of morality
vigor
hastened
ethics
adherents
6. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
hinterland
harem
puritanical
eunuchs
7. A person who believes in the equality of all people
garrison
precedent
mortality
egalitarian
8. Philosophy
eunuchs
vigor
positivism
medieval
9. Relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the mother
precedent
matrilineal
eunuchs
pagan
10. Preach the gospel (to)
scorn
evangelize
hinterland
fealty
11. A god or goddess
precedent
egalitarian
deity
synthesis
12. Arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
faction
vigor
mortality
advent
13. Of recognized authority or excellence; relating to ancient Greece or Rome
classical
ethnocentric
maritime
morality
14. Any system of persons or things ranked one above another
precedent
hierarchy
theocracy
ecclesiastic
15. Native to a certain area
ecclesiastic
ethics
patronage
indigenous
16. Otherworldly; mysterious; enigmatic
stratify
mystic
eradicate
hierarchy
17. A clergyman or other person in religious orders
ecclesiastic
hastened
aristocracy
eradicate
18. Death rate
fuse
mortality
subsequent
primogeniture
19. To give up power
medieval
garrison
inevitable
abdicate
20. Decaying or decayed - especially in terms of morals - downfall
eunuchs
concubine
decadent
faction
21. A fortified military post where troops are stationed
concubine
garrison
decadent
adherents
22. Related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle
eunuchs
despot
pastoral
hinterland
23. Someone Who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
manifestation
primogeniture
aristocracy
adept
24. A cruel and oppressive dictator - tyrant
inextricable
egalitarian
despot
venerate
25. Having superior power and influence
pluralism
uniformity
investiture
paramount
26. Someone Who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
adept
deity
venerate
concubine
27. Incapable of being solved or untangled
vigor
inextricable
investiture
autonomy
28. Based on or tracing descent through the male line
concubine
patrilineal
egalitarian
puritanical
29. Strength - energy
pluralism
papacy
vigor
despot
30. Kept from public knowledge by various means; held back
suppressed
patrilineal
advent
eunuchs
31. Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant; mix together different elements
fuse
eunuchs
puritanical
garrison
32. The official head of the Roman Catholic Church.
prophesized
papacy
vigor
scorn
33. The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
patronage
sect
sovereignty
monopoly
34. Lower in rank or position - secondary; one Who is in a lower position or under the orders of someone else;
subordinate
inextricable
piety
sect
35. Relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the mother
precedent
suppressed
paramount
matrilineal
36. Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant; mix together different elements
deity
sect
monopoly
fuse
37. Philosophy
positivism
advent
heretic
prophesized
38. A subdivision of a larger religious group - A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination
fuse
sect
indigenous
autonomy
39. (n) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
venerate
fuse
egalitarian
precedent
40. To give up power
abdicate
uniformity
classical
fuse
41. Relating to or associated with an empire
congregate
imperial
sovereignty
ethics
42. A remote and undeveloped area
hinterland
venerate
emulate
evangelize
43. Right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son; seniority by birth
primogeniture
manifestation
ideology
sovereignty
44. Incapable of being avoided or prevented - bound to happen
inevitable
egalitarian
doctrine
garrison
45. A person's condition or position in the eyes of the law; relative rank or standing - especially in society ;prestige
vigor
investiture
garrison
status
46. To wipe out; to destroy
venerate
patrilineal
eradicate
monasticism
47. Castrated males - originally in charge of protection of the ruler's concubines. Eventually had major roles in government - especially in China.
sovereignty
prophesized
eunuchs
adherents
48. A cruel and oppressive dictator - tyrant
forestalling
ecclesiastic
despot
inevitable
49. To move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry
despot
paramount
hastened
affiliation
50. Someone Who is drafted into military service
conscript
imperial
faction
abdicate