"Charles" Vocabulary Quiz

“We maneuvered up to one another cautiously, and smiled.”

• to walk or behave in a very confident way

• to stop and greet each other

• to drive aggressively

• a series of moves requiring skill and care

“He came home the same way, the front door slamming open, his cap on the floor, and the voice suddenly become raucous shouting, “Isn’t anybody here?””

• making or constituting a disturbingly harsh and loud noise

• messy and dirty

• being rude and disrespectful

• causing harm

“The day my son Laurie started kindergarten he renounced corduroy overalls with bibs and began wearing blue jeans with a belt;”

• to believe

• to put on and flaunt

• to reject and stop using

• to disrespect

“We had a little trouble adjusting, the first week or so,” she said primly, “but now he’s a fine little helper. With occasional lapses, of course.”

•  in a loud or disrespectful way

•  in a harsh or sarcastic tone

• in a proper, neat, or formal way

• in a rude or arrogant voice

“At the meeting I sat restlessly, scanning each comfortable matronly face, trying to determine which one hid the secret of Charles.”

• quiet young woman

• quietly dressed and well-behaved woman

•  arrogantly dressed young woman

• conservatively dressed older married woman

“At lunch he spoke insolently to his father, spilled his baby sister’s milk, and remarked that his teacher said we were not to take the name of the Lord in vain.”

•  pleasantly

• respectfully

• nicely

• disrespectfully

“...my sweet-voiced nursery-school tot replaced by a long-trousered, swaggering character who forgot to stop at the corner and wave good-bye to me.”

• walk or behave in a very timid way

• walk or behave in a very confident or arrogant way

• walk or behave in a very funny way

• walk or behave in a very loud way

Antonym of insolently

• rudely

• politely

• loudly

• neatly

Antonym of swaggering

• shy

• arrogant

• show-off

• conceited

Antonym of raucous

• quiet

• loud

• mean

• dangerous