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Global Words You Should Know
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literacy
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vocabulary
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Regard with feelings of respect and reverence
hierarchy
faction
congregate
venerate
2. Largely inactive - accustomed to sitting
puritanical
sedentary
status
suppressed
3. Regard with feelings of respect and reverence
investiture
adherents
venerate
positivism
4. Worldly; not pertaining to church matters or religion
secular
morality
concubine
inextricable
5. Royal authority; supreme power and authority
pluralism
sovereignty
sect
manifestation
6. Woven materials; cloth
venerate
maritime
aristocracy
textiles
7. A fortified military post where troops are stationed
vigor
garrison
paramount
imperial
8. A subdivision of a larger religious group - A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination
sedentary
sect
investiture
advent
9. Believers - followers
adherents
hastened
hierarchy
conscript
10. Mistress
innate
morality
subsequent
concubine
11. Castrated males - originally in charge of protection of the ruler's concubines. Eventually had major roles in government - especially in China.
emulate
prophesized
eunuchs
vigor
12. Natural - inborn
innate
synthesis
subordinate
maritime
13. Relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the mother
venerate
abdicate
congregate
matrilineal
14. The act of being formally connected or joined
piety
heretic
harem
affiliation
15. Worldly; not pertaining to church matters or religion
secular
despot
stratify
harem
16. Belief in government run by religious leaders
sedentary
manifestation
theocracy
hierarchy
17. Incapable of being avoided or prevented - bound to happen
inextricable
inevitable
despot
eunuchs
18. A person's condition or position in the eyes of the law; relative rank or standing - especially in society ;prestige
status
ecclesiastic
stratify
adherents
19. Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
subordinate
paramount
morality
harem
20. Following in time or order - following - coming after or later
puritanical
vigor
subsequent
emulate
21. A god or goddess
garrison
deity
advent
mystic
22. Someone Who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
fuse
emulate
egalitarian
adept
23. Control of a product or service by one company
paramount
congregate
fuse
monopoly
24. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen
eradicate
maritime
ideology
ethnocentric
25. A person who believes in the equality of all people
egalitarian
primogeniture
heretic
innate
26. Lower in rank or position - secondary; one Who is in a lower position or under the orders of someone else;
forestalling
subordinate
theocracy
despot
27. Preach the gospel (to)
scorn
precedent
pagan
evangelize
28. A person who believes in the equality of all people
egalitarian
subsequent
affiliation
paramount
29. A god or goddess
vigor
adept
deity
suppressed
30. Code of morality
stratify
indigenous
patronage
ethics
31. A cruel and oppressive dictator - tyrant
synthesis
papacy
lineage
despot
32. (n) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
precedent
inextricable
medieval
imperial
33. Belief in government run by religious leaders
papacy
precedent
theocracy
garrison
34. Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant; mix together different elements
egalitarian
ideology
hierarchy
fuse
35. Independence; self-determination - political independence
eunuchs
manifestation
papacy
autonomy
36. Having superior power and influence
hinterland
maritime
paramount
uniformity
37. Incapable of being solved or untangled
subsequent
congregate
inextricable
deity
38. Love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it
nationalism
pluralism
egalitarian
concubine
39. To stop; delay - hinder
conscript
vigor
doctrine
forestalling
40. To wipe out; to destroy
fuse
affiliation
suppressed
eradicate
41. Independence; self-determination - political independence
concubine
puritanical
autonomy
monasticism
42. Outward demonstration; indication of the presence of something;
status
stratify
manifestation
imperial
43. Decaying or decayed - especially in terms of morals - downfall
morality
decadent
prophesized
positivism
44. Faithfulness; allegiance; loyalty
monasticism
uniformity
fealty
advent
45. A clergyman or other person in religious orders
hierarchy
primogeniture
inextricable
ecclesiastic
46. Otherworldly; mysterious; enigmatic
mystic
synthesis
eunuchs
concubine
47. Relating to or associated with an empire
piety
imperial
patrilineal
pagan
48. Philosophy
puritanical
imperial
positivism
faction
49. The ceremony of installing a new monarch
investiture
decadent
monasticism
forestalling
50. Kept from public knowledge by various means; held back
fuse
patronage
positivism
suppressed