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Global Words You Should Know
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Of recognized authority or excellence; relating to ancient Greece or Rome
fuse
innate
classical
manifestation
2. Based on or tracing descent through the male line
mystic
venerate
pagan
patrilineal
3. Open disrespect for a person or thing - look down on with disdain
hinterland
pluralism
scorn
fealty
4. Preach the gospel (to)
prophesized
subordinate
evangelize
suppressed
5. The combination of parts to make a whole
monasticism
synthesis
heretic
fuse
6. Incapable of being avoided or prevented - bound to happen
maritime
inevitable
eradicate
doctrine
7. A group - usually a small part of a larger group - united around some cause
prophesized
monasticism
faction
puritanical
8. Independence; self-determination - political independence
autonomy
secular
paramount
textiles
9. Royal authority; supreme power and authority
decadent
abdicate
sovereignty
precedent
10. To move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry
hastened
decadent
uniformity
sedentary
11. Native to a certain area
prophesized
indigenous
eradicate
sedentary
12. Related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle
paramount
pastoral
fealty
papacy
13. Direct descent from a particular ancestor
lineage
despot
forestalling
papacy
14. Having superior power and influence
piety
faction
puritanical
paramount
15. A clergyman or other person in religious orders
precedent
decadent
venerate
ecclesiastic
16. Relating to or associated with an empire
imperial
harem
synthesis
ideology
17. Preach the gospel (to)
primogeniture
pluralism
evangelize
inextricable
18. Belief in government run by religious leaders
theocracy
textiles
despot
eunuchs
19. Lower in rank or position - secondary; one Who is in a lower position or under the orders of someone else;
mortality
sect
fealty
subordinate
20. Strength - energy
monopoly
ideology
harem
vigor
21. Otherworldly; mysterious; enigmatic
autonomy
mystic
ethics
positivism
22. Castrated males - originally in charge of protection of the ruler's concubines. Eventually had major roles in government - especially in China.
theocracy
adept
manifestation
eunuchs
23. Right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son; seniority by birth
primogeniture
medieval
adept
faction
24. A clergyman or other person in religious orders
ecclesiastic
sect
concubine
hierarchy
25. The most powerful members of a society (some with hereditary titles)
theocracy
monopoly
aristocracy
hierarchy
26. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen
doctrine
maritime
monasticism
hierarchy
27. Castrated males - originally in charge of protection of the ruler's concubines. Eventually had major roles in government - especially in China.
decadent
eunuchs
sect
aristocracy
28. Faithfulness; allegiance; loyalty
fealty
lineage
aristocracy
aristocracy
29. A person's condition or position in the eyes of the law; relative rank or standing - especially in society ;prestige
status
ethics
inevitable
precedent
30. The body of doctrine - myth - belief - etc. - that guides an individual - social movement - institution - class - or large group.
advent
piety
ethnocentric
ideology
31. Woven materials; cloth
textiles
imperial
monasticism
ethnocentric
32. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen
forestalling
inevitable
maritime
positivism
33. The act of being formally connected or joined
advent
textiles
affiliation
faction
34. Someone Who is drafted into military service
conscript
pastoral
hinterland
eunuchs
35. Lower in rank or position - secondary; one Who is in a lower position or under the orders of someone else;
matrilineal
hinterland
subordinate
eunuchs
36. Any system of persons or things ranked one above another
paramount
maritime
sedentary
hierarchy
37. 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
deity
monasticism
sect
38. The ceremony of installing a new monarch
sect
investiture
doctrine
sedentary
39. Worldly; not pertaining to church matters or religion
concubine
secular
patronage
aristocracy
40. To come together in a group or crowd - assemble
affiliation
despot
concubine
congregate
41. Someone Who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
adept
nationalism
despot
harem
42. A subdivision of a larger religious group - A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination
sect
mystic
pluralism
adept
43. A cruel and oppressive dictator - tyrant
ethics
despot
heretic
medieval
44. A person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the those of the Roman Catholic Church
heretic
suppressed
positivism
ecclesiastic
45. Following in time or order - following - coming after or later
subsequent
paramount
hastened
mystic
46. A god or goddess
decadent
prophesized
autonomy
deity
47. A cruel and oppressive dictator - tyrant
despot
hastened
adept
patrilineal
48. Incapable of being avoided or prevented - bound to happen
medieval
inevitable
abdicate
ethics
49. (n) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
precedent
status
innate
deity
50. A remote and undeveloped area
hastened
conscript
advent
hinterland