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51. A book of accounts showing debits and credits.
Answer: A ledger is a book or other collection of financial accounts of a particular type.
52. The sound of a funeral bell.
Answer: A knell is the sound of a bell, especially when rung solemnly for a death or funeral.
53. A person who is hard to please.
Answer: A fastidious person is very attentive to and concerned about accuracy and detail, and also very difficult to please.
54. A list of books available in a library.
Answer: A catalogue is a complete list of items, typically one in alphabetical or other systematic order, in particular a list of books in a library.
55. A place where animals are slaughtered for consumption as food.
Answer: An abattoir is another word for a slaughterhouse.
56. A person who gives financial or other support to a person, organization, or cause.
Answer: A patron is a person who gives financial or other support to a person, organization, cause, or activity.
57. The practice of having only one wife or husband at a time.
Answer: Monogamy is the practice or state of being married to one person at a time.
58. A person who has a strong desire to set things on fire.
Answer: A pyromaniac is a person with an obsessive desire to set fire to things. An arsonist is someone who maliciously sets fire, but pyromania is the psychological disorder.
59. That which cannot be avoided or prevented from happening.
Answer: Inevitable means certain to happen; unavoidable.
60. To give up the throne.
Answer: To abdicate is to renounce one's throne.