Hola, 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. prosaic | 2. secrete | 3. halting | 4. infamy | 5. gastronomic | 6. volition
_______ Disgrace or disrepute
_______ To exude or ensconce
_______ Banal or boring
_______ Determination or discretion
_______ Labored or lumbering
QUOTE MATCH
Complete each quote using the words from the word bank.
1. infamous | 2. prose | 3. volitional | 4. secretion | 5. halt
“Genuine love is _______ rather than emotional.” —M. Scott Peck
“If you are through with dreams, then progress _______(s).” —Baba Amte
“Good _______ should be transparent, like a window pane.” —George Orwell
“The principal office of history I take to be this: to prevent virtuous actions from being forgotten, and that evil words and deeds should fear an _______ reputation with posterity.” —Tacitus
“An aside that will appeal to the well-rounded reader: A creative high that increases physical and mental work capacity is accompanied by noradrenaline _______. Perhaps this explains why the samurai were equally proficient at war and poetry.” —Pavel Tsatsouline
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.
SE- (apart) + CRET- (_______)
VOL- (_______) + -ITION (act or state)
IN- (not) + FAM- (_______) + -Y (state of)
HOLD- (_______) + -ING (act or state)
GASTRO- (_______) + NOM- (law) + -IC (pertaining to)
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