Sound Smart Quiz #1

A show of bravery or defiance, often intended to make an impression or mislead someone.

• bravado
• accolade
• charisma
• equivocate
• gregarious

Art or other objects appealing to popular taste, as by being gaudy or overly sentimental.

• kitsch
• accolade
• bravado
• charisma
• equivocate

A statement that seems to contradict itself but that may nonetheless be true.

• paradox
• accolade
• bravado
• charisma
• equivocate

Seeking and enjoying the company of others; sociable.

• gregarious
• accolade
• bravado
• charisma
• equivocate

A name wrongly or unsuitably applied to a person or an object.

• misnomer
• accolade
• bravado
• charisma
• equivocate

A special acknowledgment, such as an award.

• accolade
• bravado
• charisma
• equivocate
• gregarious

A long, angry speech, usually of a critical nature.

• tirade
• accolade
• bravado
• charisma
• equivocate

To use vague or ambiguous language in order to avoid committing oneself to a position or to deceive someone.

• equivocate
• accolade
• bravado
• charisma
• gregarious

Exceptional personal magnetism or charm.

• charisma
• accolade
• bravado
• equivocate
• gregarious

Language that is intended to persuade, especially when viewed as pretentious, insincere, or without intellectual merit.

• rhetoric
• accolade
• bravado
• charisma
• equivocate