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A person who eats everything (plants and animals):Read the answer and worked solution →A speech delivered without preparation:Read the answer and worked solution →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: 'By the time we arrived, the movie ___.'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 ANTONYM of: GREGARIOUSRead the answer and worked solution →Choose the SYNONYM of: ALTRUISTICRead the answer and worked solution →Match each rule to what it governsRead the answer and worked solution →True or false: commas and clausesRead the answer and worked solution →Complete the rule on participial phrasesRead the answer and worked solution →Tap every principle of composition Strunk givesRead the answer and worked solution →Which principle does this illustrate?Read the answer and worked solution →Reading the rules backRead the answer and worked solution →Complete the paragraph rulesRead the answer and worked solution →

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A person who eats everything (plants and animals):

  1. Herbivore
  2. Insectivore
  3. Carnivore
  4. Omnivore
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Correct answer: D. Omnivore

Omnivore (Latin omni = all, vorare = to eat). **Examples:** humans, bears, pigs. Herbivore: plants only. Carnivore: meat only.

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A speech delivered without preparation:

  1. Extempore
  2. Monologue
  3. Soliloquy
  4. Eulogy
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Correct answer: A. Extempore

**Extempore (or impromptu):** without prior preparation. **Eulogy:** speech praising someone (often deceased). **Soliloquy:** a character thinking aloud in a play. **Monologue:** long speech by one person.

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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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