R2W WEEKLY QUIZ: June 1

Attest your mastery of this week's words

Happy first day of June, 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. emolument | 2. disquieting | 3. sumptuous | 4. inveigle | 5. preponderance | 6. reminisce

_______ Win over by wiles

_______ Causing anxiety or alarm

_______ Look back fondly

_______ Payment or perquisites

_______ Mass or majority

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

1. disquiet | 2. sumptuous | 3. preponderant | 4. reminiscence | 5. inveiglement

"One man's remorse is another man's _______." —Ogden Nash

"I have sat at the _______ tables of power, but I have not run away with the silverware." —Diosdado Macapagal

"Things can never touch the soul, but stand inert outside it, so that _______ can arise only from fancies within." —Marcus Aurelius

"Only art can make the future love you, and that is what art is about: attraction at a distance, seduction from the past, _______ from beyond the grave." —Supervert

"A tiny portion of the population controls the lions share of the wealth and most of the command positions of state, manufacturing, banking, investment, publishing, higher education, philanthropy, and media... these individuals exercise a _______ influence over what is passed off as public information and democratic discourse." —Michael Parenti

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.

RE- (_______) + MEN- (to think) + -ISCE (act of)

SUM- (_______) + -TUOUS (having qualities of)

E- (out) + MOL- (_______) + -MENT (act or state)

DIS- (against) + QUIET- (_______) + -ING (act or state)

PRE- (before) + PONDER (_______) + -ANCE (quality)

Scroll down for answers. But first, learn the meaning and mythical roots of the word PROTEAN: