Most People Can’t Even Get 12 Right On This Emotions Vocab Challenge

Think you've got the emotional range of a Shakespearean actor and the vocabulary of a 19th-century novelist? Let's find out. We've gathered 40 real — and ridiculously underused — emotion words that'll test your inner word nerd. If you think "stoic," "despondent," and "querulous" sound like names of dragons, you might be in trouble. But if you've ever described someone as “lachrymose” at brunch, this quiz was made for you. Most people bomb out by question 12. Can you beat the odds and feel your way to a perfect 40?