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To agglomerate a group of things is to gather them together without any noticeable order.
When you claim that something is banal, you do not like it because you think it is ordinary, dull, commonplace, and boring.
A compilation is a gathering together of various things from many sources.
A cornucopia is a large quantity and variety of something good and nourishing.
A diverse group is made up of various and different people or things.
An eclectic assortment of things or people comes from many varied sources; additionally, it usually includes the best of those sources.
Ecumenical activities and ideas encourage different religions or congregations to work and worship together in order to unite them in friendship.
Ennui is the feeling of being bored, tired, and dissatisfied with life.
A farrago is a confused collection or mixture of different types of things.
A heterogeneous grouping is made up of many differing or unlike parts.
The word homogeneous is used to describe a group that has members or parts which are similar or are all of the same type.
Something humdrum is dull, boring, or tiresome.
A medley is a collection of various things, such as different tunes in a song or different types of food in a meal.
A melange is a collection of different kinds of things.
A monochrome painting comprises different shades of only one color or is done in black and white.
A collection of things is motley if its parts are so different that they do not seem to belong in the same space; groups of widely variegated people can also be described as motley.
Something that is multifarious is made up of many kinds of different things.
If you have a myriad of things, you have so many and such a great variety of them that it’s hard or impossible to keep track of or count them all.
A panoply is a large and impressive collection of people or things.
A pastiche is a piece of writing, music, or film, etc. that is deliberately made in the style of other works; it can also use a variety of such copied material in order to laugh in a gentle way at those works.
If someone regales you, they tell you stories and jokes to entertain you— and they could also serve you a wonderful feast.
Sundry people or things are all different from each other and cannot form a single group; nevertheless, they can be thought of as being together for the sake of ease, such as the various items in a garage.
If you are suffering from tedium, you are bored.
Something that is variegated has various tones or colors; it can also mean filled with variety.
A welter of something is a large, overwhelming, and confusing amount of it; this word can also refer to a state of confusion, disorder, or turmoil.
Noun
smorgasbord
SMAWR-guhs-bawrd
Context
For our wedding we had a smorgasbord or wide variety of the most delicious foods set out in a buffet. I ate so much at this smorgasbord that was filled with so many irresistible temptations that I rarely even danced with my bride. When I caught sight of her giving me the evil eye, I left the smorgasbord or wide collection of food to pay some attention to her instead of to my stomach.
Quiz:Try again!
If you encounter a smorgasbord, what might you see?
A specific type of furniture that is very popular.
MoreGas I ate so much at the smorgasbord that I kept on having more and moregas.
Examples
Jackson will allow himself to try two or three things that he really loves at a dinner party—as opposed [to] diving into the whole smorgasbord.
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WebMD
The rest of the defense, however, was a smorgasbord, as the coaches tried different players every week, hoping to settle on a regular defensive unit before the season began.
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Sports Illustrated
This smorgasbord of Apple apps caused Rob McNair-Huff, the publisher of the popular Mac site Mac Net Journal, to accuse Apple of hurting independent developers . . . [by] "bundling all kinds of programs with the operating system," he wrote on his site.
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Wired
On their shopping lists are monorails, bullet-trains and local metros, the first of which will open in Dubai in September. This smorgasbord of railway delights is set to roll out across the region[.]
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The Economist
Word Ingredients
From root words meaning “bread and butter” and “table.”
origin: Old Norse
Knowing language of origin or etymology is not important; but is sometimes interesting enough to make the word memorable. Only such words have associated maps.
