R2W WEEKLY QUIZ: February 22
Broadcast your mastery of this week's words!
Aloha, 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. composure | 2. ingratiate | 3. veracity | 4. adept | 5. staunch | 6. lovestruck
_______ Adroit or accomplished
_______ Infatuated or smitten
_______ To stand firm or stop a flow
_______ Serenity or self-possession
_______ To charm or kowtow
QUOTE MATCH
Complete each quote using the words from the word bank.
1. lovelorn | 2. veracious | 3. stanch | 4. ingratiating | 5. composure
“It’s not pretty, but it’s _______.” —Stefan Zackariat
“Artful speech and an _______ demeanor rarely accompany virtue.” —Confucius
“Nothing baffles the schemes of evil people so much as the calm _______ of great souls.” —Gabriel Riqueti Mirabeau
“_______ in me the rank wound of covetousness and the hungers that exhaust my nature with their bleeding.” —Thomas Merton
“Clearly it is not the _______ sufferer who seeks solace in chocolate, but rather the chocolate-deprived individual, who, desperate, seeks in mere love a pale approximation of bittersweet euphoria.” —Sandra Boynton
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.
AD- (to) + EPT- (_______)
VER- (_______) + -ACITY (state of)
COM- (together) + POS- (_______) + -URE (state)
IN- (in) + GRAT- (_______) + -IATE (to make or do)
ALLO- (different) + STAS- (_______) + -SIS (state or condition)
Scroll down for answers. But first, make sure you know the literal and figurative meanings of UNDERMINE…
