R2W WEEKLY QUIZ: February 16

Show off your new words of the week!

Good day, 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. dissemble | 2. veritable | 3. effectuate | 4. cosmopolitan | 5. abrogate | 6. yearning

________ To make happen or bring about

________ A deep longing or desire

________ Cultured or worldly

________ To fake or feign

________ Put aside or put an end to

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

1. cosmopolitan | 2. veritable | 3. yearn | 4. dissemble | 5. abrogate

"To know how to ________ is the knowledge of kings." —Cardinal Richelieu

“If wits were pins, the man would be a ________ hedgehog.” —Frances Hardinge

"The present age, for all its ________ hustle, is curiously suburban in spirit." —Norman Douglas

"Some people meditate because they are sick and tired of their life, of the world, of the way people abuse each other and ________ each other's freedoms." —Frederick Lenz

“Wealth is not an absolute. It is relative to desire. Every time we ________ for something we cannot afford, we grow poorer, whatever our resources. And every time we feel satisfied with what we have, we can be counted as rich, however little we may actually possess.” —Alain de Botton

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.

AF- (to) + FECT- (________)

DIS- (completely) + SEMBLE- (________)

VER- (________) + -ITY (quality) + -ABLE (able to be)

COSMO- (________) + POLIT- (________) + -AN (one who)

AB- (away from) + ROG- (to propose) + -ATE (________)

Scroll down for answers. But first, learn the odd origin of the word chauvinism.