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Answer: \'Plutocracy\' comes from \'ploutos\' (wealth) and means government by the wealthy.
Answer: \'For\' is used with a duration of time (ten years). \'Since\' would require a specific starting point.
Answer: The infinitive of purpose \'to buy\' is used to express the reason for going somewhere.
Answer: With \'neither...nor\', the verb agrees with the nearer subject. \'Students\' is plural, so \'are\' is correct.
Answer: \'Talkative\' means a person who talks excessively. While \'gossip\' relates to talking, \'talkative\' is the precise one-word substitution.
Answer: \'Used to\' is followed by a gerund (-ing form). \'Getting up\' is the correct gerund.
Answer: \'Bibliophile\' is a compound of \'biblio\' (book) and \'phile\' (lover), meaning a person who loves books.
Answer: \'Extempore\' means a speech delivered without prior preparation or rehearsal.
Answer: \'Misogynist\' combines \'miso\' (hatred) and \'gyne\' (woman), meaning hatred of women.
Answer: \'Break a leg\' is an idiom used to wish someone good luck, especially before a performance.
Answer: \'Theocracy\' means a system of government in which priests rule in the name of God.
Answer: \'Bite the bullet\' means to endure a painful or difficult situation with courage.
Answer: \'Everyone\' is a singular indefinite pronoun and takes the singular verb \'has\'.
Answer: \'Once in a blue moon\' means something that happens very rarely.
Answer: \'Optimist\' is a person who tends to be hopeful and confident about the future.
Answer: \'Claustrophobia\' comes from \'claustrum\' (enclosed space) and means fear of confined areas.
Answer: \'Genocide\' refers to the deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially of a particular race or nation.
Answer: \'Philanthropist\' combines \'phil\' (love) and \'anthropos\' (mankind), meaning a lover of humanity.
Answer: \'On\' is the correct preposition for something resting on a surface.
Answer: The correct preposition with \'preferred\' is \'to\'. We say \'prefer X to Y\'.