Vocabulary Quiz

What does ebullience mean?

• intense enthusiasm

• to make gestures

• to cause, bring about; to persuade

• to delay; to stop or prevent from happening

What does declivity mean?

• intense enthusiasm

• A downward slope; a dip

• to cause, bring about; to persuade

• to delay; to stop or prevent from happening

What does recrimination mean?

• intense enthusiasm

• to make gestures, especially when speaking

• to cause, bring about; to persuade

• the act of accusing in return; opposing another charge

What does gesticulate mean?

• intense enthusiasm

• to make gestures, especially when speaking

• to cause, bring about; to persuade

• to delay; to stop or prevent from happening

What does hinder mean?

• intense enthusiasm

• to make gestures, especially when speaking

• to cause, bring about; to persuade

• to delay; to stop or prevent from happening

What does tirade mean?

• intense enthusiasm

• to make gestures, especially when speaking

• A long, angry speech

• to delay; to stop or prevent from happening

What does officious mean?

• intense enthusiasm

• to make gestures, especially when speaking

• to cause, bring about; to persuade

• excessively eager to deliver unasked-for or unwanted help; meddlesome

What does induce mean?

• intense enthusiasm

• to make gestures, especially when speaking

• to cause, bring about; to persuade

• to delay; to stop or prevent from happening

What does inscrutable mean?

• intense enthusiasm

• to make gestures, especially when speaking

• to cause, bring about; to persuade

• impossible to understand or interpret

What does indignant mean?

• intense enthusiasm

• to make gestures, especially when speaking

• to cause, bring about; to persuade

• feeling or showing anger; annoyed because of an insult or injustice