R2W WEEKLY QUIZ: January 25
Promulgate your mastery of this week's words!
Buongiorno, 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. conscientious | 2. expediency | 3. redemptive | 4. perpetrate | 5. anemia | 6. exertion
_______ Saving from suffering
_______ To carry out or commit
_______ Principled or painstaking
_______ Toil or travail
_______ Practicality or propriety
QUOTE MATCH
Complete each quote using the words from the word bank.
1. perpetrator | 2. redeem | 3. anemic | 4. exert | 5. conscience
“There is no pillow as soft as a clear _______.” —John Wooden
“The only thing that will _______ mankind is cooperation.” —Bertrand Russell
“People get so caught up in the fact that they have limits that they rarely _______ the effort required to get close to them.” —James Clear
“Bullies may be the _______(s) of evil, but it is the evil of passivity of all those who know what is happening and never intervene that perpetuates such abuse.” — Philip Zimbardo
“Power without love is reckless and abusive, and love without power is sentimental and _______. Power at its best is love implementing the demands of justice, and justice at its best is power correcting everything that stands against love.” —Martin Luther King Jr.
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.
AN- (without) + -EMIA (_______)
EX- (out) + SER- (_______) + -TION (act)
EX- (out) + PED- (_______) + -IENCY (state of)
RE- (back) + EMPT- (_______) + -IVE (pertaining to)
CON- (with) + SCI- (_______) + -ENCE (state) + -OUS (inclined to)
Scroll down for answers. But first, it would be sensible to make sure you know what PRAGMATIC means…
