Read the excerpt below and answer the question.
From even this stronghold the unlucky Rip was at length routed by his termagant wife, who would suddenly
break in upon the tranquillity of the assemblage, and call the members all to nought, nor was that august
personage, Nicholas Vedder himself, sacred from the daring tongue of this terrible virago, who charged him
outright with encouraging her husband in habits of idleness.
Using context clues, which of the following is a synonym for the word TERMAGANT?
rude
orderly
shrew
calm