The Taming of the Shrew Vocabulary Test

Question 1

Austerity

Answer 1

The trait of self denial from worldly pleasures

Question 2

Bereft

Answer 2

Sorrowful through loss or deprivation

Question 3

Chattels

Answer 3

Any movable property

Question 4

Commodity

Answer 4

Something that is bought or sold

Question 5

Credulous

Answer 5

Showing lack of judgement or experience

Question 6

Dowry

Answer 6

Money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage

Question 7

Flout

Answer 7

To show contempt for to disobey

Question 8

Forbear

Answer 8

To hold back

Question 9

Gamut

Answer 9

A scale of musical notes

Question 10

Giddy

Answer 10

Dizzy, lightheaded, or lacking seriousness

Question 11

Insolence

Answer 11

A disrespectful or rude act

Question 12

Jerkin

Answer 12

A short jacket

Question 13

Pate

Answer 13

The top of the head

Question 14

Peevish

Answer 14

Cross, complaining, irritable, contrary

Question 15

Peremptory

Answer 15

Putting an end to all debate or action

Question 16

Raiment

Answer 16

Clothing

Question 17

Rhetoric

Answer 17

Using language effectively to persuade

Question 18

Stoics

Answer 18

Someone who is seemingly indifferent to emotions

Question 19

Volubility

Answer 19

The act of speaking mush and with a smooth, easy flow of words