R2W WEEKLY QUIZ: June 15

Solidify your mastery of this week's words

Ahoy there, 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. sanction | 2. audacious | 3. hyperstition | 4. literalist | 5. provident | 6. credence

_______ Cautious, careful, or economical

_______ Intrepid or impudent

_______ Belief or believability

_______ Purist or pedant

_______ Authorization, allowance, or penalty

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

1. credentials | 2. providential | 3. audacity | 4. literalist | 5. sanctioned

"Airs of importance are the _______ of impotence." —Johann Kaspar Lavater

"War is _______ murder, no matter what side you're on." —Sarah J. Maas

“Impetuosity and _______ often achieve what ordinary means fail to achieve.” —Niccolo Machiavelli

"Nature avenges herself speedily on the hard pedantry that would chain her waves. She is no _______. Every thing must be taken genially, and we must be at the top of our condition, to understand any thing rightly." —Ralph Waldo Emerson

"The vast distances that separate the stars are _______. Beings and worlds are quarantined from one another. The quarantine is lifted only for those with sufficient self-knowledge and judgment to have safely traveled from star to star." ―Carl Sagan

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.

CRED- (_______) + -ENCE (state or act)

SANCT- (_______) + -ION (state or act)

PRO- (_______) + VID- (_______) + -ENT (inclined to)

LITER- (_______) + -AL (pertaining to) + -IST (one who does)

HYPER- (above, beyond) + STIT- (_______) + -ION (quality)

Scroll down for answers. But first, find out what BOHEMIAN means and where it came from…