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11. A person who is excessively concerned with minor details and rules or with displaying academic learning.
  • D. Scholarly
  • A. Pedantic
  • C. Erudite
  • B. Didactic
Answer: A pedantic person is one who is excessively concerned with minor details or rules, often to an ostentatious degree.
12. A person who dislikes, despises, or is strongly prejudiced against women.
  • C. Misandrist
  • A. Misanthrope
  • D. Misogynist
  • B. Philogynist
Answer: A misogynist is a person who dislikes, despises, or is strongly prejudiced against women.
13. An extreme or irrational fear of entering open or crowded places, of leaving one's own home, or of being in places from which escape is difficult.
  • D. Hydrophobia
  • C. Agoraphobia
  • B. Acrophobia
  • A. Claustrophobia
Answer: Agoraphobia is the fear of being in situations where escape might be difficult or that help wouldn't be available if things go wrong.
14. The action of killing a king.
  • A. Patricide
  • D. Regicide
  • B. Matricide
  • C. Fratricide
Answer: Regicide is the deliberate killing of a monarch, or the person responsible for the killing of a person of royalty.
15. A government or state in which the wealthy class rules.
  • B. Oligarchy
  • A. Aristocracy
  • D. Plutocracy
  • C. Theocracy
Answer: Plutocracy is a government controlled exclusively by the wealthy, either directly or indirectly.
16. Able to use the right and left hands equally well.
  • C. Ambidextrous
  • D. Ambivalent
  • B. Dexterous
  • A. Versatile
Answer: An ambidextrous person is able to use both hands with equal ease or skill.
17. A person new to and inexperienced in a job or situation.
  • A. Veteran
  • B. Virtuoso
  • D. Connoisseur
  • C. Novice
Answer: A novice is a person who is new to the circumstances in which he or she is placed; a beginner.
18. A state of disorder due to absence or non-recognition of authority.
  • C. Monarchy
  • A. Autocracy
  • B. Anarchy
  • D. Bureaucracy
Answer: Anarchy is a state of society without government or law, leading to political and social disorder.
19. A person who is skilled in telling stories and anecdotes in a skillful and amusing way.
  • D. Preacher
  • A. Orator
  • C. Raconteur
  • B. Demagogue
Answer: A raconteur is a person who excels in telling anecdotes in a skillful and amusing way.
20. The practice of having more than one husband at the same time.
  • B. Monogamy
  • A. Polygamy
  • C. Bigamy
  • D. Polyandry
Answer: Polyandry is a form of polygamy in which a woman takes two or more husbands at the same time.