R2W WEEKLY QUIZ: July 6

Elevate your mastery of this week's words

Howdy, 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. deliberate | 2. tricolon | 3. promulgate | 4. vexation | 5. uncouth | 6. distraught

_______ Crude, rude, or lacking social grace

_______ To consider or cogitate

_______ Distracted or distressed

_______ To issue or advocate

_______ Irritation or annoyance

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

1. vex | 2. promulgation | 3. couth | 4. deliberation | 5. distraught

“There is such a thing as too much _______.” —S. J. Perelman

“_______is the work of many men. Action, of one alone.” —Charles De Gaulle

“I began to understand that suffering and disappointments and melancholy are there not to _______ us or cheapen us or deprive us of our dignity but to mature and transfigure us.” —Hermann Hesse

“The combination of rumination and negative mood is toxic. Research shows that people who ruminate while sad or _______ are likely to feel besieged, powerless, self-critical, pessimistic, and generally negatively biased.” —Sonja Lyubomirsky

“Love is not breathlessness, it is not excitement, it is not the _______ of promises of eternal passion... Love itself is what is left over when being in love has burned away, and this is both an art and a fortunate accident.” —Louis de Bernières

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.

TRI- (_______) + COLON- (member, clause)

VEX- (_______) + -ATION (action)

DIS- (away) + TRACT- (_______)

DE- (entirely) + LIBR- (_______) + -ATE (to make)

PRO- (_______) + MULG- (to milk) + -ATE (make or do)

Scroll down for answers. But first, learn the unexpected link between the word ANODYNE and the phrase, “What’s eating you?”