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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 →'Under a cloud' meansRead the answer and worked solution →'A piece of cake' meansRead the answer and worked solution →'Break the ice' meansRead the answer and worked solution →'Spill the beans' meansRead the answer and worked solution →'Hit the books' meansRead the answer and worked solution →'Once in a blue moon' meansRead the answer and worked solution →'Bite the bullet' meansRead the answer and worked solution →'Burn the midnight oil' meansRead the answer and worked solution →'Cost an arm and a leg' meansRead the answer and worked solution →'Let the cat out of the bag' meansRead the answer and worked solution →

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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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A medicine that induces sleep:

  1. Sedative
  2. Vaccine
  3. Antibiotic
  4. Anesthetic
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Correct answer: A. Sedative

**Sedative (or hypnotic):** induces calmness and sleep. **Anesthetic:** induces loss of sensation/consciousness for surgery. **Antibiotic:** kills bacteria. **Vaccine:** induces immunity.

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