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Washington is a ... for the US government.
synonym
antonym
metonym
acronym
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A shortened form from the initial letters of other words pronounced as a single word is called ...
metonym
acronym
abbreviation
contraption
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A shortened form from the initial letters of other words not pronounced as a single word is called ...
acronym
abbreviation
metonym
initialism
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Sound intoxication ... his speech.
slurred
mutilated
impaired
maim
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He was breathing raggedly and then his oration ... .
halted
came to screeching halt
became halted
was about to halt
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Small dot used to separate the whole number part from the fractional part of a number is called ...
zero
screeching halt
decimal point
naught
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A mark added to a letter to indicate a special pronunciation is called ...
epsilon
diacritical mark
ditto
headword
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A mark that indicates the same thing again is called ...
diacritical mark
screeching halt
ditto
headword
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A word which begins a separate entry in a reference work is called ...
ditto
screeching halt
decimal point
headword
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These satirical verses are ... Jason's formidable intellect.
an event regarded as a portent of
the telltale insignia of
a token of appreciation of
an omen of