R2W WEEKLY QUIZ: April 26
Delve your mastery of this week's words!
Hey yo, 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. measly | 2. appall | 3. attrition | 4. qualia | 5. enjoin | 6. solicitous
_______ Attentive or anxious
_______ Erosion or exhaustion
_______ To daunt or dismay
_______ Pitiful, piddling, or paltry
_______ To admonish, appoint, or inhibit
QUOTE MATCH
Complete each quote using the words from the word bank.
1. attrition | 2. qualia | 3. solicitude | 4. measly | 5. appalling
“Lack of insight into each other’s private _______ of God, results in a never-ending argument between two people with vastly different conceptions of the term God.” —Abhijit Naskar
“The mind that is cheerful in its present state, will be averse to all _______ as to the future, and will meet the bitter occurrences of life with a placid smile.” —Horace
“Make it a rule of life never to regret and never to look back. Regret is an _______ waste of energy; you can’t build on it. It’s only good for wallowing in.” —Katherine Mansfield
“Have you ever noticed how pretty and beautiful words can be? How easy it is to say the things you think someone wants to hear. How you can affect a person’s entire day with just a few _______ sentences?” —J. Sterling
“One thing in our favor: some of this ‘becoming kinder’ happens naturally, with age. It might be a simple matter of _______: as we get older, we come to see how useless it is to be selfish — how illogical, really.” —George Saunders
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.
A- (to) + PALL- (_______)
EN- (on) + JOIN- (t_______)
QUA[L]- (_______) + -IA (state of)
A- (to) + TRIT- (_______) + -TION (act or state)
SOLIC- (_______) + CIT- (to set in motion) + -OUS (full of)
Scroll down for answers. But first, learn what Sri Lankan princes have to do with the word SERENDIPITY…
