R2W WEEKLY QUIZ: March 2

Test your eloquence!

Salutations, 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. rescind | 2. ignominious | 3. subsume | 4. wordmonger | 5. conjecture | 6. polemic

________ To absorb or include

________ Contention or controversy

________ Shameful, disgraceful, or despicable

________ Retract, revoke, or repeal

________ One who uses words carelessly or pretentiously

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

1. polemics | 2. ignominy | 3. conjecture | 4. rescind | 5. panopticon

“The mind revels in ________. Where information is lacking, it will gladly fill in the gaps.” —James Geary

"If you aren't diligently working towards changing something that bothers you, you ________ your right to complain about it." ―Rob Liano

"When reason and unreason come into contact, an electrical shock occurs. This is called ________." —Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

"We are neurotically haunted today by the imminence and by the ________ of failure. We know at how frightening a cost one succeeds: to fail is something too awful to think about." —Louis Kronenberger

"The theory behind the ________ was that prisoners would behave as if they were being watched at all times — with the mere presence of the watchtower being as effective as iron bars in regulating behavior and ensuring that everyone acted the same way. A similar idea is behind today’s open-plan offices." ―Luke Dormehl

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- (back) + SCIS- (________)

SUB- (________) + SUM- (to take)

IG- (not) + NOMEN- (________) + -IOUS (full of)

PAN- (________) + OP- (________) + -TIC (characterized by)

CON- (together) + JECT- (________) + -URE (act or state)

Scroll down for answers. But first, learn the eponymous meaning of the word QUIXOTIC.