R2W WEEKLY QUIZ: August 3

Promulgate your mastery of this week's words

Greetings, 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. disquisition | 2. foil | 3. idyllic | 4. pertain | 5. subsist | 6. conspicuous

_______ Heavenly or halcyon

_______ To survive or sustain

_______ Someone or thing that contrasts with another

_______ Discourse or dissertation

_______ To refer, relate, or regard

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

1. subsistence | 2. pertinent | 3. inconspicuous | 4. idyll | 5. disquisition

“He looked about as _______ as a tarantula on a slice of angel food.” —Raymond Chandler

“The more enchanted the _______, greater must be the pain of its ending.” —Georgette Heyer

“Where do I get my ideas? The more _______ question is… how do I make them stop?” —Stephen King

“I would rather drift aimlessly on the turbulent stream of idle discourse than be even in the vicinity of nauseous, turbid effluent of ideological _______.” —R. N. Prasher

“No business which depends for existence on paying less than living wages to its workers has any right to continue in this country... By living wages I mean more than a bare _______ level. I mean the wages of decent living.” —Franklin D. Roosevelt

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.

PER- (thoroughly) + TAIN- (_______)

SUB- (from below) + SIST- (_______)

DIS- (apart) + QUIS- (_______) + -TION (act or state)

EPI- (to) + STAL- (_______) + -ARY (pertaining to)

CON- (thoroughly) + SPIC- (_______) + -OUS (having qualities of)

Scroll down for answers. But first, learn the subtle and complex meaning of NUANCE…