R2W WEEKLY QUIZ: July 12
Testify 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. edict | 2. clandestine | 3. deliquesce | 4. commiserate | 5. raucous | 6. intuit
_______ Covert or concealed
_______ To pity or sympathize
_______ To fathom or feel
_______ A decree or directive
_______ Rough or raspy
QUOTE MATCH
Complete each quote using the words from the word bank.
1. intuition | 2. raucous | 3. deliquescent | 4. commiseration | 5. edict
“Democracy itself has always been loud and _______, but when its rules are followed, it eventually creates consensus.” —Anne Applebaum
“It’s that same paradox again: the history that happens underneath our noses ought to be the clearest, and yet it’s the most _______.” —Julian Barnes
“Be brave enough to live creatively. The creative is the place where no one else has ever been. You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your _______.” —Alan Alda
“It is my mind which thinks, and the judgement of my mind is the only searchlight that can find the truth. It is my will which chooses, and the choice of my will is the only _______ I must respect.” —Ayn Rand
“There are very few moments in a man’s existence when he experiences so much ludicrous distress or meets with so little charitable _______ as when he is in pursuit of his own hat.” —Charles Dickens
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) + DICT- (_______)
IN- (into) + TUIT- (_______)
CLAN- (hide or cover) + -ESTINE (_______)
CO- (with) + MISER- (_______) + -ATE (to make or do)
DE- (down) + LIQUI- (_______) + -ESCE (grow or become)
Scroll down for answers. But first, learn which tiresome words derive from the root TED-…
