R2W WEEKLY QUIZ: July 19
Substantiate 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. commensurate | 2. partake | 3. autotelic | 4. pedagogy | 5. discernment | 6. hector
_______ Edification or inculcation
_______ To browbeat or badger
_______ To enjoy or engage in
_______ Acumen or understanding
_______ Comparable or compatible
QUOTE MATCH
Complete each quote using the words from the word bank.
1. pedagogue | 2. hector | 3. incommensurate | 4. partake | 5. autotelic
“Man is a transitory being, and his designs must _______ of the imperfections of their author.” —Samuel Johnson
“The effort was so _______ with the result. The bright hopes of youth had to be paid for at such a bitter price of disillusionment.” —W. Somerset Maugham
“All monarchs I hate, and the thrones they sit on, from the _______ of France to the cully of Britain.” —John Wilmot
“The game of life does not proceed like a mathematical calculation on the principle that two and two make four. Sometimes they make five, or minus four, and sometimes the blackboard topples over in the middle of the sum and the _______ is left with a black eye.” —Winston S. Churchill
“Each person intuitively seeks to place the stamp of an emergent personality upon their greatest creation, the formulation of their self-identity. A person’s self-identity, similar to works of art, is _______: they reflect their maker and are ends all unto themselves.” —Kilroy J. Oldster
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.
PART- (_______) + TAK- (_______)
AUTO- (_______) + TEL- (goal) + -IC (pertaining to)
PED- (_______) + -AGOG (_______) + -Y (act or state)
DIS- (apart) + CERN- (_______) + -MENT (act or state)
CO- (with) + MENS- (_______) + -URE (state) + ATE (being)
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