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A place where wild animals are kept is a:
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Menagerie houses wild beasts.
A Kennel
B Sty
C Menagerie
D Stable
2
A place for observing stars and planets is an:
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Observe -> observatory.
A Laboratory
B Sanatorium
C Studio
D Observatory
3
A place where beer is brewed is a:
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Brew -> brewery.
A Brewery
B Tannery
C Foundry
D Dairy
4
The collective term for performers or artists is a:
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Troupe = performers.
A troop
B panel
C troupe
D crew
5
The killing of oneself is called:
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sui = self.
A Suicide
B Homicide
C Patricide
D Filicide
6
The killing of a king is called:
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Regal -> regicide.
A Genocide
B Regicide
C Tyrannicide
D Deicide
7
The killing of one's own father is called:
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Pater = father.
A Matricide
B Fratricide
C Patricide
D Filicide
8
The killing of one's own mother is called:
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Mater = mother.
A Patricide
B Sororicide
C Parricide
D Matricide
9
The killing of one's brother is called:
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Fraternal -> fratricide.
A Fratricide
B Sororicide
C Filicide
D Parricide
10
The killing of a whole race or community is called:
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Geno = race/people.
A Regicide
B Genocide
C Homicide
D Deicide
11
To put off or delay something to a later time is to:
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Procrastinators delay tasks.
A Hibernate
B Abdicate
C Procrastinate
D Condone
12
To give up the throne or power voluntarily is to:
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A king who abdicates steps down.
A Annihilate
B Repatriate
C Exonerate
D Abdicate
13
To leave one's own country to settle abroad is to:
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Emigrate = Exit.
A Emigrate
B Immigrate
C Repatriate
D Extradite
14
To come into a foreign country to settle is to:
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Immigrate = In.
A Emigrate
B Immigrate
C Repatriate
D Ostracize
15
The fear of open or public spaces is called:
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Agora = open space.
A Agoraphobia
B Claustrophobia
C Glossophobia
D Photophobia
16
The fear of water is called:
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Hydro = water.
A Pyrophobia
B Hydrophobia
C Photophobia
D Nyctophobia
17
The fear of strangers or foreigners is called:
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Xeno = stranger.
A Mysophobia
B Technophobia
C Xenophobia
D Astraphobia
18
The fear of public speaking is called:
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Glosso = tongue/speech.
A Glossophobia
B Xenophobia
C Mysophobia
D Nyctophobia
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The urge to steal is called:
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Klepto = steal.
A Pyromania
B Kleptomania
C Megalomania
D Dipsomania
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An uncontrollable craving for alcohol is called:
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Dipso = thirst.
A Mythomania
B Egomania
C Monomania
D Dipsomania
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