A state in which a few govern the many.
Answer: B
It is oligarchy.
Oligarchy is rule by a few, from the Greek oligos, few. Monarchy is rule by one, autocracy is rule by one with absolute power, and plutocracy is rule by the wealthy.
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He always makes so much noise when he _______.
Answer: A
It is chews.
Chews is the verb the sentence needs, agreeing with the singular he. Choose is the base form and would need an auxiliary; the two are pronounced alike.
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A small room in a large house, hotel or ship where glasses, dishes, spoons and food are kept.
Answer: B
It is a pantry.
A pantry stores food and the utensils for serving it, from the French pain, bread. A portico is a covered entrance with columns and a mezzanine a low storey between two others.
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An ordnance declaring President's rule in the state has been issued today.
The ordinance depot is situated far away from this city.
Answer: D
Both are incorrect, but interchanging the words would put them right.
An ordinance is a decree, and an ordnance depot stores military supplies. The two sentences have the pair the wrong way round.
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A child born after the death of his father.
Answer: B
He is posthumous.
A posthumous child is born after its father's death, from the Latin postumus, last-born. An orphan has lost both parents, and a progenitor is an ancestor.
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To lead someone astray, especially into sexual wrongdoing.
Answer: A
It is seduce.
To seduce is to lead astray, from the Latin for leading aside. To entice is to attract without the implication of wrongdoing, and to incite is to stir to action of any kind.
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The simplest and smallest form of plant life, present in air, water and soil, essential to life but capable of causing disease.
Answer: C
They are bacteria.
Bacteria are single-celled organisms found in air, water and soil, most of them harmless or useful. A virus is not a cell and cannot live independently; an amoeba is a protozoan, not a plant.
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The team ____________ the playoffs.
Answer: A
It is won.
Won is the past tense of win. One is the number, and the two are pronounced identically.
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An emolument over and above fixed income or salary
Answer: C
It is a perquisite.
A perquisite - a perk - is a benefit over and above salary, from the Latin for thoroughly sought. An honorarium is a payment for services no fee was fixed for, and a sinecure is a post with pay and no duties.
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A building in which aircraft are housed.
Answer: C
It is a hangar.
A hangar houses aircraft, from the French for a shed. A hanger holds clothes, and the two are pronounced alike; a granary stores grain and a dockyard builds ships.
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