What does the word "Irascible" mean?
Argument Vocab List 11

Quiz
•
English
•
9th - 12th Grade
•
Easy
Marianne Jones
Used 11+ times
FREE Resource
8 questions
Show all answers
1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Used of riotously drunken merrymaking
Quickly aroused to anger
Effusively or insincerely emotional
Expel from a community or group
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which word describes someone who is "used of riotously drunken merrymaking"?
Bacchanalian
Mercenary
Avarice
Jettison
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the meaning of the word "Maudlin"?
Hand over to the authorities of another country
Effusively or insincerely emotional
A person hired to fight for another country than their own
Throw away, of something encumbering
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What does it mean to "Extradite" someone?
Expel from a community or group
Quickly aroused to anger
Hand over to the authorities of another country
Reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which word refers to "a person hired to fight for another country than their own"?
Mercenary
Bacchanalian
Ostracize
Jettison
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What does "Avarice" mean?
Throw away, of something encumbering
Reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth
Effusively or insincerely emotional
Used of riotously drunken merrymaking
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the meaning of the word "Jettison"?
Quickly aroused to anger
Expel from a community or group
Throw away, of something encumbering
Hand over to the authorities of another country
8.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What does it mean to "Ostracize" someone?
Effusively or insincerely emotional
Expel from a community or group
A person hired to fight for another country than their own
Used of riotously drunken merrymaking
Similar Resources on Quizizz
10 questions
Noun Modifiers #2

Quiz
•
10th Grade
10 questions
Night Section 2-3 Vocab Quiz

Quiz
•
9th Grade
8 questions
Unit 7. Academic honesty

Quiz
•
9th Grade
10 questions
AP Lang VST #6

Quiz
•
11th Grade
10 questions
#19 – Latin Root: PORTARE (meaning: "to carry”)

Quiz
•
9th Grade
11 questions
Animal Farm 1-3

Quiz
•
12th Grade
11 questions
Odyssey - Part 2 - Vocabulary Review 2

Quiz
•
9th Grade
10 questions
Unit 2- Beowulf

Quiz
•
12th Grade
Popular Resources on Quizizz
15 questions
Multiplication Facts

Quiz
•
4th Grade
25 questions
SS Combined Advisory Quiz

Quiz
•
6th - 8th Grade
40 questions
Week 4 Student In Class Practice Set

Quiz
•
9th - 12th Grade
40 questions
SOL: ILE DNA Tech, Gen, Evol 2025

Quiz
•
9th - 12th Grade
20 questions
NC Universities (R2H)

Quiz
•
9th - 12th Grade
15 questions
June Review Quiz

Quiz
•
Professional Development
20 questions
Congruent and Similar Triangles

Quiz
•
8th Grade
25 questions
Triangle Inequalities

Quiz
•
10th - 12th Grade
Discover more resources for English
40 questions
Week 4 Student In Class Practice Set

Quiz
•
9th - 12th Grade
40 questions
SOL: ILE DNA Tech, Gen, Evol 2025

Quiz
•
9th - 12th Grade
20 questions
NC Universities (R2H)

Quiz
•
9th - 12th Grade
25 questions
Triangle Inequalities

Quiz
•
10th - 12th Grade
10 questions
Right Triangles: Pythagorean Theorem and Trig

Quiz
•
11th Grade
46 questions
Biology Semester 1 Review

Quiz
•
10th Grade
24 questions
LSO - Virus, Bacteria, Classification - sol review 2025

Quiz
•
9th Grade
65 questions
MegaQuiz v2 2025

Quiz
•
9th - 12th Grade