Lesson 8

Question 1

applause; enthusiastic approval

Answer 1

acclamation

Question 2

a loud outcry, especially in protest

Answer 2

clamor

Question 3

to speak loudly or passionately

Answer 3

declaim

Question 4

reffering to legal proceedings or formal debate or rhetoric

Answer 4

forensic

Question 5

public sqare of an ancient Roman city; public place for open discussion

Answer 5

forum

Question 6

unfamiliar language; a dialect or special jargon

Answer 6

lingo

Question 7

a language used by people who do not speak a common tongue; usually combines aspects of different languages

Answer 7

lingua franca

Question 8

a person who speaks several languages; a polyglot; a person who studies linguistics, the structure of human speech

Answer 8

linguist

Question 9

a roundabout or indirect way of speaking; the use of more words than necessary to express an idea

Answer 9

circumlocution

Question 10

a meeting for discussion, especially in an academic setting

Answer 10

colloquium

Question 11

a word or expression; phraseology

Answer 11

locution

Question 12

very talkative

Answer 12

loquacious

Question 13

of or like a wise or witty folksaying; well-known; notorious; frequently spoken of

Answer 13

proverbial

Question 14

word for word; in exactly the same words

Answer 14

verbatim

Question 15

wordy; using excessive terms

Answer 15

verbose