“In a Word”: Solution
Solution to In a Word:
- An absolute ruler, a tyrant: DESPOT
- A stone having a cavity lined with crystals: GEODE
- A great circle of the earth passing through the geographic poles and any given point on the earth’s surface: MERIDIAN
- Worthy of respect or reverence by reason of age and dignity: VENERABLE
- Shedding leaves each year, as opposed to evergreen: DECIDUOUS
- A person appointed to act as a substitute for another: SURROGATE
- Five offspring born at a single birth: QUINTUPLETS
- A special quality of leadership that captures the popular imagination and inspires unswerving allegiance: CHARISMA
- The red coloring matter of the red blood corpuscles: HEMOGLOBIN
- Flying reptile that were extinct at the end of the Mesozoic era: PTERODACTYL
- A spring from which hot water, steam, or mud gushes out at intervals, found in Yellowstone National Park: GEYSER
- The second stomach of a bird, which has thick, muscular walls: GIZZARD
- The green coloring matter found in plants: CHLOROPHYLL
- The long-haired wild ox of central Asia, often domesticated as a beast of burden: YAK
- The art of speaking in such a way that the voice seems to come from another place: VENTRILOQUISM
