Vocabulary Quiz

What does the word "appreciative" mean?

• Showing a lack of respect

• Having or showing a favorable critical judgment or opinion

• Expressing extreme happiness

• Arousing to action or rebellion

Which word describes someone who is showing excessive self-importance?

• Engaging

• Elated

• Boastful

• Contemplative

If someone is "contemplative," how are they feeling?

• Joyful and proud

• Deeply or seriously thoughtful

• Sulky and dissatisfied

• Easily irritated or annoyed

What does "contemptuous" mean?

• Attracting or delighting

• Expressing extreme scorn

• Concerned with practical matters

• Arousing powerful emotions

Choose the word that means "in a state of sulky dissatisfaction."

• Petulant

• Disgruntled

• Provocative

• Quarrelsome

What does "elated" mean?

• Forbidden, as by law

• Exultantly proud and joyful; in high spirits

• Showing excessive self-importance

• Arousing to action or rebellion

What is the meaning of "carte blanche"?

• A social blunder

• Arousing powerful emotions

• Unrestricted power to act on one's own

• Given to arguing

Which word means "arousing to action or rebellion"?

• Inflammatory

• Engaging

• Pragmatic

• Piquant

The word "verboten" is of which language origin and what does it mean?

• French; a social blunder

• German; forbidden, as by law

• English; given to arguing

• Latin; arousing powerful emotions

What does "petulant" mean?

• Easily irritated or annoyed

• Attracting or delighting

• Showing excessive self-importance

• Concerned with practical matters