R2W WEEKLY QUIZ: August 31

Revel in your mastery of this week's words!

Happy end of August, 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. disheveled | 2. sangfroid | 3. consternation | 4. truncate | 5. prescience | 6. negligible

_______ Foreknowledge or foresight

_______ To sever suddenly

_______ Cool when it counts

_______ Alarm or anxiety

_______ Disarranged or disordered

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

1. truncate | 2. prescient | 3. negligible | 4. dishabille | 5. consternation

“The bigger the crowd, the more _______ the individual.” —Carl Jung

“Nothing causes more _______ in a group of hypocrites than one honest man.” —Albert Einstein

“Patience and discipline can make you look foolishly out of touch until they make you look prudent and even _______.” —Seth Klarman

“Words are like stories ... They change as they are passed from mouth to mouth; their meanings stretch or _______ to fit what needs to be said. The Dictionary can’t possibly capture every variation, especially since so many have never been written down.” —Pip Williams

“A simple garb is the proper costume of the vulgar; it is cut for them, and exactly suits their measure, but it is an ornament for those who have filled up their lives with great deeds. I liken them to beauty in _______, but more bewitching on that account.” —Jean De La Bruyere

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.

SANG- (_______) + FROID- (cold)

TRUNC- (_______) + -ATE (to make or do)

NEG- (_______) + LIG- (gather) + -IBLE (able to be)

PRE- (before) + SCI- (_______) + -ENCE (act or state)

CON- (with) + STERE- (to spread or lay down) + -ATION (_______)

Scroll down for answers. But first, find out what a SUPERVOCALIC is…