R2W WEEKLY QUIZ: April 20

Test your mastery of this week's words

Warmest greetings, word lovers! How much of the English language did you unlock this week? Answer the following questions and review the answers on your own or with a friend, teacher, or tutor.

WORD MATCH
Match each number of each word to the matching phrase. One word has no matching phrase.

1. anachronism | 2. ellipsis | 3. visage | 4. martial | 5. placate | 6. cajole

_______ To soothe or assuage

_______ Warlike or belligerent

_______ Aspect or expression

_______ To wheedle or coax

_______ An obvious or ominous omission

QUOTE MATCH
Complete each quote using the words from the word bank.

1. anachronistic | 2. ellipsis | 3. placatory | 4. cajolery | 5. visage

"Let your deeds be your bond, not your promises and _______." ―Elizabeth Chadwick

"Our goodbye felt less like an end and more like a pause –– an _______ rather than a period." ―Justine Castellon

"Mine is a so-called vintage existence, _______ living, made all the more rewarding by keeping a raised eyebrow on the absurdities of modern life." ―Fennel Hudson

"Somehow his injury never made him seem hurt. It lent him instead an air of _______ misfortune, as if he had taken someone else’s trauma out of pity." ―Shannon Pufahl

"I can watch elephants (and elephants alone) for hours at a time... There is mystery behind that masked gray _______, and ancient life force, delicate and mighty, awesome and enchanted, commanding the silence ordinarily reserved for mountain peaks, great fires, and the sea." ―Peter Matthiessen

ROOT QUIZ
For each of the following words, fill in the meaning of each prefix, suffix, and base. For bonus points, define the word and list other words with the same roots.

PLAC- (_______) + -ATE (to make)

VIS- (_______) + -AGE (state of)

E- (out) + LIP- (to leave) + -SIS (_______)

ANA- (against) + CHRON- (_______) + -ISM (state)

MISO- (hatred) + PHON- (_______) + -IA (condition)

Scroll down for answers. But first, learn what it means to be called a Pollyanna: