Literary List 18

What does the term "derision" mean?

• A feeling of deep respect

• Contemptuous laughter

• A painful disorder of the joints

• A bothersome annoying person

Which word describes someone who is open to arguments, ideas, or change?

• Receptive

• Bemused

• Indignant

• Reverent

What is the meaning of "nuisance"?

• A feeling of righteous anger

• A bothersome annoying person

• Bringing or deserving severe rebuke

• Deeply absorbed in thought

Which term refers to any painful disorder of the joints or muscles?

• Rheumatism

• Reprehensible

• Reverent

• Derision

What does "reprehensible" mean?

• Open to arguments, ideas, or change

• Bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure

• Feeling or showing profound respect

• Contemptuous laughter

Which word describes a feeling or showing of profound respect or veneration?

• Indignation

• Bemused

• Reverent

• Nuisance

What does "bemused" mean?

• Deeply absorbed in thought

• A feeling of righteous anger

• A painful disorder of the joints

• Contemptuous laughter

Which term describes a feeling of righteous anger?

• Receptive

• Indignation

• Reprehensible

• Rheumatism