R2W WEEKLY QUIZ: December 7

Delve the depths of your mastery of this week's words

Ni hao, 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. panoply | 2. subsidize | 3. extortionate | 4. angst | 5. adumbrate | 6. spurious

_______ To augur, outline, or obscure

_______ Phony or feigned

_______ Avaricious or exacting

_______ The whole set

_______ Dread or despair

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

1. subsidies | 2. adumbrated | 3. spurious | 4. panoply | 5. extort

“Sentimentality, the ostentatious parading of excessive and _______ emotion, is the mark of dishonesty, the inability to feel.” —James A. Baldwin

“The concessions of the privileged to the unprivileged are seldom brought about by any better motive than the power of the unprivileged to _______ them.” —John Stuart Mill

“When others inspire us, they tend to do so through the clear expression of these sketchy, _______ thoughts we ourselves have known but never had the perspicacity for formulate with certainty.” —Derren Brown

“Cheap food is an illusion. There is no such thing as cheap food. The real cost of the food is paid somewhere. And if it isn’t paid at the cash register, it’s charged to the environment or to the public purse in the form of _______. And it’s charged to your health.” —Michael Pollan

“One of the most ironic paradoxes of our time is this great availability of leisure that somehow fails to be translated into enjoyment... Surrounded by an astounding _______ of recreational gadgets and leisure choices, most of us go on being bored and vaguely frustrated.” —Mihály Csíkszentmihályi

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.

SPUR- (false, illegitimate) + -IOUS (_______)

ANG- (_______) + -ST (stand)

AD- (to) + UMBR- (_______) + -ATE (to make or do)

SUB- (down) + SID- (_______) + -IZE (to make or do)

EX- (out) + TORT- (_______) + + ION (act or state) + -ATE (being)

Scroll down for answers. But first, find out what it really means to be FACETIOUS…