rebellious against authority

to laugh at and mock with contempt and hatred

a state of commotion, noise, and confusion

a speech of violent denunciation (accusation)

not revealing one's thoughts or feelings readily

completely obvious

Reticent means

Contemptuous means

Which of these would most likely feel oppressive?

Jeer means to

Tumult means

A _______ is a state of noisy confusion.

Mutinous means

A tirade is a

Someone who is ________ enjoys hurting or embarrassing others.

If a principal steps into a classroom and is greeted by a ________ of voices, with the teacher shouting for his kids' attention, she will not be pleased.

Oppressive means

If you're writing a book about good and evil, you'll want to come up with a truly _________ character to do all the bad stuff.

Reticent means

I saw that he was no house cat to be tamed, but a malicious cat, even a dangerous one.

In this sentence, malicious means...

Blatant means

Malicious means

When a parent scolds a teenager for missing a curfew or blowing off a test and the teen snaps back, "Whatever," you could say the teen is being __________.

Where would one most likely hear a tirade?

Flippant means

Tumult means

Which of the following best represents a mutinous act?

If you're ________ about your feelings, you like to keep them to yourself, and you're probably quiet in rowdy groups where everyone is talking over each other.

to jeer means

Think of ______ as an anti-cheer. If you offer cheers for the visiting team and ________s for the home team, you might not be too popular in the stands.

Borrow and lose your roommate’s clothes one too many times, and you can bet you’ll be treated to a heated ____________.

To be __________ is to behave this way, like when the entire class rises up against a substitute teacher.

Don't get caught in a ___________ lie, because you won't be able to weasel your way out of it.

A _______ is a revolt, when the led no longer obey the leader.

As a noun, a ______ is a taunt, a jibe, or an insult.

Reticent means

Contemptuous means

blatant

_________________ can be something that crushes your spirit, like a bad relationship, or something that crushes you with its tyranny, like the _________ rule of a dictator.

If you insult someone or dismiss them in a hateful way, you're being __________.

Which of the following would most likely be considered flippant?

Contemptuous means

During all those years he had never heard from any of his masters a flippant word: it was they who had taught him christian doctrine and urged him to live a good life and, when he had fallen into grievous sin, it was they who had led him back to grace.

In this sentence, flippant means

Malicious means

Mutinous means

Blatant means

not showing a serious or respectful attitude

The opposite of reticent is

An angry ________ posted on his Twitter page about the way he was treated by Southwest Airlines last weekend has fueled a wave of protests from some angry passengers while other travelers have stood by the airline's decision.

Tumult means

Ivory Coast's military says it has launched an operation to "restore order" after three consecutive days of protests by _______ soldiers.

There are catcalls, ________ and cheers, whistles and claps.

treating a person or a thing as if it is beneath consideration, worthless, or deserving scorn

His reply was casual to the point of sarcasm and disrespect.

It was ________________.