Question

What does the italicized word mean?
The party indulged in vociferous protest.
A. Loud
B. Peaceful
C. Acrimonious
D. Meager

Answer 1

Hint: Adjectives are the words used to describe a noun. An adjective is placed before the noun that it is describing.

Complete Solution:
From the hint given to us, we know that adjectives are the words used to describe a noun. An adjective is placed before the noun that it is describing. Hence, we can infer that the underlined word is an adjective. We also know that vociferous is derived from the latin word, ’vox’ which means voice and ‘ferre’ which means to carry. Thus, we can infer that vociferous must mean something related to voice.
Loud means noise or a powerful sound. Voice is related to sound too. Loud is an adjective too. Thus, according to our inference, we can observe that vociferous must mean loud.

Hence, option A is possibly the correct answer.

Peaceful means harmonious or nonviolent. It is an adjective. We observe that it is not related to voice or sound. Hence, option B is not the correct answer.
Acrimonious means angry or bitter. It is an adjective. We observe that it is not related to voice or sound. Hence, option C is not the correct answer.
Meager means inadequate or insufficient. It is an adjective. We observe that it is not related to voice or sound. Hence, option D is not the correct answer.
After having observed all the options and having analysed them, we can conclude that option A, loud is the correct answer.

Note: Vociferous means loud or noisy. It describes the nature and the intensity of the protests.