Potpourri I
Potpourri II
Find the example
Potpourri III
Potpourri IV
100
A rude clown or jester.
What is buffoon (n)?
100
Direct; honest
What is forthright (adj)?
100
A nefarious character in most folktales: a) princess b) dragon c) prince d) horse
What is b) dragon?
100
A comic play, marked by exxageration
What is farce (n)?
100
The sound system of a language
What is phonology (n)?
200
Words that are deliberately used to mean their opposite.
What is irony?
200
Not genuine
What is spurious (adj)?
200
A way to establish one's probity: a) flaunt wealth b) behave morally c) write a novel d) hire a bodyguard
What is b) behave morally?
200
A light, often inappropriate, manner
What is levity (n)?
200
A change in pitch or tone of voice
What is inflection (n)?
300
Good-natured teasing
What is raillery (n)?
300
A gap; a break
What is hiatus (n)?
300
A perfidious act: a) hiding b) voting c) treason d) marriage
What is c) treason?
300
The arrangement of words
What is syntax (n)?
300
A spelling system
What is orthography (n)?
400
An eternity
What is perpetuity (n)?
400
One thousand years
What is millennium (n)?
400
An example of Standard English syntax: a) ain't got none b) he aren't c) a ice cream d) an hour
What is d) an hour?
400
Done in secret
What is clandestine (adj)?
400
A model
What is paradigm (n)?
500
Occurring at the same time
What is concomitant (adj./n)?
500
An impermanence
What is transience (n)?
500
An English orthographic representation: a) rune b) hieroglyph c) letter d) picture
What is c) letter?
500
A comic imitation
What is parody (n/v)?
500
The study of language history
What is philology (n)?
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