R2W WEEKLY QUIZ: July 5
Elevate your mastery of this week's words!
Well met, 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. fallow | 2. civility | 3. elicit | 4. immaculate | 5. semiquincentennial | 6. magnanimous
_______ To evoke or educe
_______ Politeness or propriety
_______ Without spot or stain
_______ Uncultivated or inert
_______ Benevolent or bighearted
QUOTE MATCH
Complete each quote using the words from the word bank.
1. elicit | 2. magnanimity | 3. immaculate | 4. fallow | 5. civil
“It is well to lie _______ for a while.” —Martin Farquhar Tupper
“Kind words _______ trust. Kind thoughts create depth. Kind deeds bring love.” —Lao Tzu
“Be _______ to all; serviceable to many; familiar with few; friend to one; enemy to none.” —Benjamin Franklin
“To wrong those we hate is to add fuel to our hatred. Conversely, to treat an enemy with _______ is to blunt our hatred for him.” —Eric Hoffer
“Almost anything that can be praised or advocated has been put to some disgusting use. There is no principle, however _______, that has not had its compromising manipulator.” —Percy Wyndham Lewis
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.
MAGN- (_______) + ANIM- (_______) + -OUS (full of)
E- (out) + LAC- (_______) + -IT (to make or do)
IM- (not) + MACULA- (_______) + -ATE (having or being)
CIV- (_______) + -IL (designating) + -ITY (quality)
SEMI- (half) + QUIN- (_______) + CENTEN- (_______) + -IAL (pertaining to)
Scroll down for answers. But first, learn the twisted origins of the word TANTALIZING…
