Words From Speech

Question 1

paraphernalia

Answer 1

equipment, apparatus, or furnishing used in or necessary for a particular activity

Question 2

vicarious

Answer 2

performed, exercised, received, or suffered in place of another ALSO felt or enjoyed through imagined participation in the experience of others

Question 3

obsequious

Answer 3

characterized by or showing servile complaisance or deference; fawning ALSO servilely compliant or deferential

Question 4

contrived

Answer 4

obviously planned or forced; artificial; strained

Question 5

quintessential

Answer 5

of the pure and essential essence of something

Question 6

paragon

Answer 6

a model or pattern of excellence or of a particular excellence ALSO someone of exceptional merit

Question 7

carapace

Answer 7

a bony or chitinous shield, test, or shell covering some or all of the dorsal part of an animal, as of a turtle

Question 8

frenetic

Answer 8

frantic; frenzied

Question 9

pseudonym

Answer 9

a fictitious name used by the author to conceal his or her identity; pen name

Question 10

ambivalent

Answer 10

having mixed feelings about something; being unable to choose between two (usually opposing) courses of action