10 Questions
What term describes someone who uses excessively ornate language?
Grandiloquent
Which term refers to the most typical example or representative of a type?
Quintessence
What does the term 'discombobulate' mean?
To cause confusion emotionally
Which term means immeasurably small?
Infinitesimal
What is the term for a sum total of many varied things taken together?
Conglomeration
Which term describes someone who is noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline?
Rambunctious
What is the term for suggesting human features for animals or inanimate things?
Anthropomorphic
'Tintinnabulation' refers to what sound?
The sound of a bell ringing
'Equivocal' is best described as being:
Open to two or more interpretations
'Ventrioloquist' is best defined as:
A performer who projects the voice into a wooden dummy
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