Vocabulary Quiz

What does the word "pugnacious" mean?

• Lying down.

• Eager or quick to argue, quarrel, or fight.

• A gloomy or resentful silence.

• Deserving censure or condemnation.

What is the definition of "mollified"?

• Moved in a slow, heavy, or clumsy way.

• Scattered pieces of waste or remains.

• Appeased the anger or anxiety of (someone).

• In a self-satisfied and unconcerned manner.

Which word means "in a way that suggests something bad is going to happen"?

• Archly

• Ominously

• Wryly

• Tattered

What does "recumbent" mean?

• Deserving censure or condemnation.

• Eager or quick to argue, quarrel, or fight.

• Lying down.

• In a self-satisfied and unconcerned manner.

Choose the word that is defined as "a gloomy or resentful silence."

• Meager

• Sullenness

• Cowerning

• Apprehension

What does "averted" mean?

• Turned away (one's eyes or thoughts)

• Lacking in quantity or quality; inadequate.

• In a gloomy, sullen, or ill-tempered manner.

• Contemptuous ridicule or mockery.

Which of the following words means "lacking in quantity or quality; inadequate"?

• Meager

• Tattered

• Scuttled

• Imperiously

What does the word "contemptuously" mean?

• In a gloomy and bad-tempered manner.

• In a scornful way that shows disdain or contempt.

• In a slow-moving or inactive manner.

• Shocked or unsettled.

What does "consoled" mean?

• Comforted someone at a time of grief or disappointment.

• Made continual twisting, squirming movements.

• Moved fast in a straight line because of the wind.

• Perplexed and confused; very puzzled.

Choose the correct meaning of "writhed."

• Dull, tedious, and repetitious; lacking in variety and interest.

• In a hostile or aggressive manner.

• Made continual twisting, squirming movements or contortions of the body.

• Making rude and mocking remarks, typically in a loud voice.