Vocabulary Quiz: Emotions and Attitudes

Which word means intending to be mean or cause harm?

• Melancholy

• Malicious

• Petulant

• Surly

What does the word 'wistful' mean?

• Extremely irritable or easily angered

• Thinking sadly about something you would like to have

• Expressing happiness or pride

• Feeling active opposition or hostility

Which word means expressing strong disapproval or criticism?

• Dogmatic

• Fanciful

• Haughty

• Deprecating

What does the word 'abhorrent' mean?

• Unbelieving, mistrusting what someone is telling you

• Acknowledging a significant or happy event

• Strong feeling of hate, especially for moral reasons

• Sadness, depressed

Which word means to acknowledge a significant or happy event or day?

• Foreboding

• Celebratory

• Choleric

• Incredulous

What does the word 'benevolent' mean?

• Having or showing a wish to do evil to others

• Well meaning and kindly

• Feeling or showing anger or annoyance

• Feeling or expressing great sorrow or distress

Which word means showing a lack of respect for people or things that are generally taken seriously?

• Flippant

• Compassionate

• Respectful

• Considerate

What does the word 'melancholic' mean?

• Feeling or expressing great happiness and triumph

• Feeling or showing a lack of interest, enthusiasm, or concern

• Feeling, expressing, or inducing sadness, regret, or gloom

• Feeling or showing anger or annoyance

What does petulant mean?

• rude in speech or behavior, sulky and bad tempered

• intending to be mean or cause harm

• extremely irritable and easily angered

• characterized by or given to the expression of opinions as though they are facts

What does abashed mean?

• angry, hurt, or resentful because of one's bad experience

• ashamed, embarrassed or flustered

• to express strong disapproval of

• existing only in one's imagination