R2W WEEKLY QUIZ: July 20

Assert your mastery of this week's words

How now, 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. agnostic | 2. domineering | 3. bulwark | 4. allay | 5. compact | 6. crow

_______ Covenant or contract

_______ To boast, brag, or gloat

_______ Skeptical or uncertain

_______ To ease or assuage

_______ Buttress or bastion

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

1. allay | 2. domineer | 3. agnosticism | 4. compact | 5. bulwark

“_______is the everlasting perhaps.” —Francis Thompson

“Not well-built walls, but brave citizens are the _______ of the city.” —Alcaeus

“Civilization is a conspiracy. Modern life is the silent _______ of comfortable folk to keep up pretenses.” —John Buchan

“Defending the truth is not something one does out of a sense of duty or to _______ guilt complexes, but is a reward in itself.” —Simone de Beauvoir

“It [idolatry] nourishes mans ambition to _______ over his fellow man. Idolatry, therefore, is the source of all social and moral evil in the world.” —Abba Eban

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.

AVI- (_______) + -IAN (pertaining to)

COM- (together) + PACT- (_______)

A- (not) + GNO- (_______) + -STIC (characterized by)

DOMIN- (_______) + -EER (to do) + -ING (act or state)

SUPER- (beyond, over) + ANNU- (_______) + -ATE (to make or do) + -ED (made)

Scroll down for answers. But first, learn the true meaning of the word PREVARICATE…