Vocabulary Quiz: Word Meanings

What does the word "Gumption" mean?

• Bad-tempered and combative

• Determination

• Uneducated in general

• Fearless daring

Which word describes someone who is bad-tempered and combative?

• Ornery

• Doleful

• Fractious

• Portly

What does "Unlettered" mean?

• Filled with or evoking sadness

• A feeling of intense righteous anger

• Uneducated in general; lacking knowledge

• Coarse food composed of plants or leaves/stalks

Which word means "a feeling of intense righteous anger"?

• Temerity

• Dudgeon

• Gumption

• Caper

What does "Fractious" mean?

• Difficult to control; unruly

• Fairly large

• Gradually deprive or detach from

• Ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun or amusement

Which word describes "fearless daring"?

• Fodder

• Temerity

• Ornery

• Doleful

What does "Fodder" refer to?

• A feeling of intense righteous anger

• Coarse food composed of plants or leaves/stalks

• Determination

• Uneducated in general

Which word means "fairly large"?

• Portly

• Fractious

• Gumption

• Caper

What does "Wean" mean?

• Filled with or evoking sadness

• Gradually deprive or detach from

• Fearless daring

• Bad-tempered and combative

Which word means "filled with or evoking sadness"?

• Doleful

• Temerity

• Ornery

• Fodder