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One who loves and works for the welfare of mankind:Read the answer and worked solution →Fear of confined spaces:Read the answer and worked solution →A government by the people:Read the answer and worked solution →A medicine that induces sleep:Read the answer and worked solution →One who renounces worldly life:Read the answer and worked solution →"The Industrial Revolution... transformed economies from agrarian to industrial." 'Agrarian' in this context means:Read the answer and worked solution →What does the idiom 'A blessing in disguise' mean?Read the answer and worked solution →What does 'To bite the bullet' mean?Read the answer and worked solution →What does 'To beat around the bush' mean?Read the answer and worked solution →What does 'Crocodile tears' refer to?Read the answer and worked solution →Choose the correct article: '___ honest student is rare these days.'Read the answer and worked solution →Choose the correct article: '___ Ganga is sacred to Hindus.'Read the answer and worked solution →Choose the correct preposition: 'She is good ___ mathematics.'Read the answer and worked solution →Choose the correct preposition: 'He has been working here ___ five years.'Read the answer and worked solution →Choose the correct preposition: 'The book is divided ___ ten chapters.'Read the answer and worked solution →Choose the correct form: 'If I ___ a millionaire, I would travel the world.'Read the answer and worked solution →Choose the SYNONYM of: EPHEMERALRead the answer and worked solution →Choose the SYNONYM of: UBIQUITOUSRead the answer and worked solution →Choose the SYNONYM of: ALTRUISTICRead the answer and worked solution →Complete the definition of tenseRead the answer and worked solution →True or false: what tense marksRead the answer and worked solution →Present or past?Read the answer and worked solution →Forms of the verb 'to be'Read the answer and worked solution →Order the steps: choose the right verb formRead the answer and worked solution →Assertion and reasonRead the answer and worked solution →Tap every statement true of tenseRead the answer and worked solution →Flip and pair: subject with its present formRead the answer and worked solution →Singular or plural subject?Read the answer and worked solution →Spot the one that does not belongRead the answer and worked solution →Reading the definition backRead the answer and worked solution →

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One who loves and works for the welfare of mankind:

  1. Egoist
  2. Misanthrope
  3. Sycophant
  4. Philanthropist
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Correct answer: D. Philanthropist

Philanthropist (Greek philo = love, anthropos = man): one who works for human welfare, often via charity. **Misanthrope:** one who hates mankind. Sycophant: flatterer.

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Fear of confined spaces:

  1. Acrophobia
  2. Claustrophobia
  3. Hydrophobia
  4. Xenophobia
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Correct answer: B. Claustrophobia

**Claustrophobia:** fear of enclosed/confined spaces. Acrophobia: heights. **Hydrophobia:** water (also a rabies symptom). **Xenophobia:** foreigners/strangers.

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A government by the people:

  1. Theocracy
  2. Aristocracy
  3. Monarchy
  4. Democracy
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Correct answer: D. Democracy

Democracy (Greek demos = people, kratia = rule). **Monarchy:** rule by king/queen. **Aristocracy:** rule by nobility. **Theocracy:** rule by religious authority.

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