R2W WEEKLY QUIZ: January 18
Crow your mastery of this week's words
Howdy ho, 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. elide | 2. incipient | 3. rejuvenate | 4. caveat | 5. salutation | 6. neoteny
_______ Hail or hello
_______ Embryonic or initiatory
_______ A caution or condition
_______ To ignore, annul, or unite
_______ To renew or revitalize
QUOTE MATCH
Complete each quote using the words from the word bank.
1. incipient | 2. omnibus | 3. salute | 4. elision | 5. rejuvenation
“Life laughs at you when you are unhappy. Life smiles at you when you are happy. But life _______(s) you when you make others happy.” —Charlie Chaplin
“September is a month of paradoxes—part decaying summer, part _______ autumn; and the complexity of its character decidedly suits my own.” ―Stephanie Barron
“Dreams, puns, _______(s), plays on words and similar tricks that we ordinarily think of as frivolous, all play a surprising and somewhat disconcerting role in the communication of important and serious feelings.” —Milton H. Erickson
“Rest is not a luxury; it is a necessity. Take the time off to replenish your energy and recharge your soul. In the midst of life’s chaos, find solace in the stillness of rest: that is where true _______ resides.” —Lucas D. Shallua
“Like the battleships of old, _______ programs present too tempting a target, too easily destroyed by a single attack, to make it through a fight.... It is through incremental change after change, step after step, that a statesman of today can vindicate a bold vision.” —Dick Morris
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.
E- (out) + LID- (_______)
NEO- (new) + TEN- (_______) + -Y (act or state)
SALU- (_______) + -TE (being) + -ATION (action)
IN- (upon) + CIP- (_______) + -IENT (state of)
RE- (again) + JUVEN- (_______) + -ATE (to do or make)
Scroll down for answers. But first, learn what the root TED- signals…
