Choose the correct word for the following expression from the given options:
The art of speaking without moving your lips and making it look as if your voice is coming from a puppet or another person is-
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → ventriloquism
Ventriloquism is the art of speaking without moving the lips, so that the voice seems to come from a puppet or from somewhere else (from the Latin venter, belly, and loqui, to speak: the voice was once thought to come from the belly). The performer is a ventriloquist.
Example: The children laughed at the ventriloquism act with the talking parrot puppet.
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 1: vehiculation — Incorrect. This is not a word in common use, and it has nothing to do with the voice or speech.
Option 3: vilification — Incorrect. Vilification means speaking or writing about someone in an abusive way to damage his or her name.
Example: The leader faced weeks of vilification in the press.
Option 4: verification — Incorrect. Verification means checking that something is true or correct.
Example: The bank asked for verification of my address.