R2W WEEKLY QUIZ: January 5

What new words have you learned in 2025?

Welcome to the first Sunday quiz of your new year, 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. cessation | 2. collocate | 3. imperious | 4. declaim | 5. denouement | 6. manifest

________ To rant or recite

________ The final resolution or outcome

________ Commanding obedience or attention

________ Placed together naturally

________ A brief suspension or total stop

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

1. imperious | 2. cessation | 3. dénouement | 4. speculate | 5. declaim

“There are two times in a man's life when he should not ________: when he can't afford it, and when he can.” —Mark Twain

“Every plot, worth the name, must be elaborated to its ________ before anything be attempted with the pen. It is only with the ________ constantly in view that we can plot its indispensable air of consequence...” —Edgar Allan Poe

“Time is never more misspent than while we ________ against the want of it; all our actions are then tinctured with peevishness. The yoke of life is certainly the least oppressive when we carry it with good-humor.” —Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann

“Popular culture is seductive; high culture is ________.” —Mason Cooley

“The normal and the everyday are often amazingly unstoppable, and what is unimaginable is the ________ of them. The world is resilient, and, no matter what interruptions occur, people so badly want to return to their lives and get on with them.” —Lorrie Moore

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.

IMPER- (________) + -IOUS (full of)

CO- (________) + LOC- (________) + -ATE (to make or do)

CES- (________) + -ATION (action or process)

DE- (down) + CLAM- (________)

SPEC- (________) + -UL (small) + -ATE (to make or do)

Scroll down for answers. But first, learn all about the word MONIKER: