Broken and Spelled Out Trivia Quiz

Answer: Lo-qua-cious

Being 'LOQUACIOUS', sure enough, means that you are most certainly a chatterbox, and the expectation if you are is that you use a certain amount of lexilogical granidloquence, like I am here, to over-exacerbate your text and keep on being unnecessarily verbose with your word choice to the point of confusion.

The word 'LOQUACIOUS' is an adjective, meant to describe a person's actions, particularly when talking. It's not necessarily a good one. You would, in most cases, want to be SUCCINCT. Why dwell on something when you could just get the point across? A loquacious speaker is nothing like that.

Answer: Ar-bi-trar-i-ness

This word was, perhaps, selected out of pure 'ARBITRARINESS' simply because it meant that it would exemplify itself; the word is meant to reflect a certain meaninglessness and randomness. If something is 'arbitrary', it is based on whim and not reason, and there should not necessarily be any investigation into it-- you wouldn't find any cause. If someone were to take a piece of paper and a pen and be told to draw lines in any direction for no apparent reason, their choice would be arbitrary if they had no basis for their actions. Arbitrariness indicates that there isn't a systematic reason for anything.

It's all based on whim.

Answer: Cy-cli-cal

Something that is 'CYCLICAL' happens more than once because it recurs, much like the turning of a wheel. A wheel has no determinate end, so it will continue to rotate, hitting the same, expected points. And the fact that it's cyclical means that you can bank on it.

When an economy has a recurrent downturn and upward momentum, it can be seen as cyclical because it continues through an expected time of prosperity and an expected downturn in turn. The back and forth is what makes it cyclical, like the diagram of a wheel, constantly rotating.

It's also a much-expected narrative device; a story can be a wheel, beginning in one state, following a series of events, and returning back to the stasis of its original modus.

Answer: Per-spi-cac-i-ty

Derived from Latin, anyone who is perspicacious is someone who has an innate keenness towards a particular topic. if you happen to know that boiling water will affect a certain vegetable much unlike another type of vegetable, you may be perspicacious towards the field of cooking.

While it may be used to describe someone who is well-learned, it may also just describe someone who knows something without any hesitation, simply because their reflexes or instincts indicate a particular bit of knowledge. 'PERSPICACITY' is that unwavering know-how, and you know when you've got it.

Answer: Ru-di-men-ta-ry

Anything 'RUDIMENTARY' would be complete in its final form, but it would utilize a bare minimum of materials to be called such. Sure, it would still be functional, but it wouldn't necessarily be acceptable. A rudimentary cell phone, for example, may be able to receive a call if made, but it would not be able to connect to a wireless network, send a text message, or take a photo (filter or not) because it is constructed of only the barest of essentials.

A rudiment is something that is only a beginning, and from there you would construct something that builds on the existing parts for the sake of improvement.

Answer: Ac-cou-tre-ment

If you need a particular item for a particular task beyond the expectations of whatever you're doing, you would likely be outfitted with an 'ACCOUTREMENT', which refers to the apparatuses placed upon oneself to tackle any given task. Then again, someone adorned with accoutrements could simply be someone wearing small items that are meant for decoration. Either way, whatever is being carried is used for a specific purpose, and even if it has more of a social value than an obviously functional importance, that's good enough. You've got it; it's an 'ACCOUTREMENT'.

Answer: Par-si-mo-ni-ous

Anyone who's 'PARSIMONIOUS' is simply holding off from ours chasing something, regardless of what it is, because they feel they need to, no matter what. There's certainly frugality at play- this person it just convinced that there's absolutely no need to spend their money on whatever's being offered here.

This is, of course, different from the non-existent word 'PERSIMMONIOUS', which I just made up, which one would have to assume refers to the likeness of being an orangeish-yellow fruit. Don't confuse the two. If you're actually 'PARSIMONIOUS', you can't afford to in the first place, you cheapskate.

Answer: Cy-no-sure

Front and center- that's the key here. Anything that's 'CYNOSURE' is the clear and obvious focal point of anyone's gaze, regardless of what that might entail. You're probably looking at the word right now and thinking..."HUH?", but that's okay. That's the point. 'CYNOSURE' is the 'CYNOSURE' of your mind right now. Right in the forefront. Nothing else. Your mind is pulled to it; you probably answered the match for it first, before everything else, because it has that drawing influence.

It's what draws your attention, and it's right in the forefront, key to your observation.

Answer: Pe-nul-ti-mate

If you're looking to fill up a vocabulary quiz, you could no no better than making your second-to-last word 'PENULTIMATE' because the word itself refers to the second-to-last item in a series of any length, the ultimate referring the the last and final of a series. Would you belive the ordering continues from that point? If 'ultimate' is last and 'PENULTIMATE' is second-to-last, 'antepenultimate' is third-to-last and 'preantepenultimate' is fourth-to-last. Fifth? 'Propreantepenultimate'. But let's stop there.

Answer: Bell-weth-er

Ah yes, the ol' 'BELLWETHER'. You're looking at a noun which is, ironically, rarely in use these days, simply because it's used in a/the field (haha) that doesn't get too much attention. You would expect to place a 'BELLWETHER' on a sheep that leads a flock around a field, thus the phrase has taken on the extra meaning to designate something or someone who leads a trend. Someone who wears a fashionable accessory who convinces others to wear the same accessory would be a 'BELLWETHER', for instance.

They are an early predictor of a trend or change, whether or not you see it in the moment or reflect upon it in hindsight.