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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. To move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry
hastened
puritanical
advent
theocracy
2. Sameness; monotony; uniform - the same all over
uniformity
investiture
fealty
primogeniture
3. The act of being formally connected or joined
affiliation
heretic
morality
subordinate
4. Centered on a specific ethnic group - usually one's own
aristocracy
ethnocentric
fuse
scorn
5. To come together in a group or crowd - assemble
congregate
abdicate
investiture
pagan
6. Lower in rank or position - secondary; one Who is in a lower position or under the orders of someone else;
ethnocentric
synthesis
investiture
subordinate
7. Code of morality
eunuchs
pagan
matrilineal
ethics
8. The act of being formally connected or joined
affiliation
doctrine
mortality
pluralism
9. A person's condition or position in the eyes of the law; relative rank or standing - especially in society ;prestige
investiture
primogeniture
status
paramount
10. Control of a product or service by one company
sedentary
aristocracy
classical
monopoly
11. Strength - energy
vigor
subordinate
inextricable
innate
12. The combination of parts to make a whole
deity
egalitarian
synthesis
maritime
13. Relating to or associated with an empire
imperial
despot
ideology
pagan
14. Open disrespect for a person or thing - look down on with disdain
scorn
advent
hastened
puritanical
15. Native to a certain area
faction
pluralism
classical
indigenous
16. Sameness; monotony; uniform - the same all over
emulate
sedentary
despot
uniformity
17. A person's condition or position in the eyes of the law; relative rank or standing - especially in society ;prestige
hinterland
monasticism
status
theocracy
18. The most powerful members of a society (some with hereditary titles)
aristocracy
fealty
adherents
fuse
19. The body of doctrine - myth - belief - etc. - that guides an individual - social movement - institution - class - or large group.
sovereignty
faction
sovereignty
ideology
20. Philosophy
positivism
precedent
concubine
nationalism
21. Natural - inborn
innate
monasticism
pastoral
adherents
22. A person who believes in the equality of all people
textiles
egalitarian
uniformity
doctrine
23. (n) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
heretic
affiliation
maritime
precedent
24. Decaying or decayed - especially in terms of morals - downfall
decadent
aristocracy
hierarchy
puritanical
25. Incapable of being solved or untangled
inextricable
pagan
ethnocentric
sovereignty
26. Worldly; not pertaining to church matters or religion
conscript
inextricable
inextricable
secular
27. To stop; delay - hinder
theocracy
forestalling
sect
fealty
28. Based on or tracing descent through the male line
adept
patrilineal
monasticism
positivism
29. Decaying or decayed - especially in terms of morals - downfall
manifestation
mortality
deity
decadent
30. Outward demonstration; indication of the presence of something;
hierarchy
patrilineal
manifestation
classical
31. Devotion and reverence to God
ideology
harem
ethnocentric
piety
32. Royal authority; supreme power and authority
status
sovereignty
stratify
hierarchy
33. A belief - principle - or teaching
doctrine
suppressed
despot
prophesized
34. Relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the mother
matrilineal
patrilineal
pagan
fealty
35. To come together in a group or crowd - assemble
eradicate
subsequent
hinterland
congregate
36. Right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son; seniority by birth
primogeniture
suppressed
secular
garrison
37. Regard with feelings of respect and reverence
eunuchs
stratify
scorn
venerate
38. A person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the those of the Roman Catholic Church
monopoly
heretic
secular
patronage
39. Believers - followers
piety
adherents
ethnocentric
sedentary
40. Incapable of being avoided or prevented - bound to happen
mortality
sedentary
inevitable
classical
41. To give up power
hinterland
abdicate
theocracy
ethnocentric
42. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
puritanical
harem
subsequent
egalitarian
43. Natural - inborn
innate
stratify
mystic
inextricable
44. Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant; mix together different elements
fuse
paramount
imperial
hastened
45. Relating to or associated with an empire
imperial
forestalling
emulate
monasticism
46. Native to a certain area
status
sedentary
indigenous
primogeniture
47. To move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry
imperial
hastened
maritime
doctrine
48. Arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
faction
advent
adherents
concubine
49. A subdivision of a larger religious group - A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination
sedentary
innate
sect
matrilineal
50. Multiple ethnic or religious groups existing in the same area
sect
pluralism
textiles
advent