R2W WEEKLY QUIZ: March 29

Test your mastery of this week's words!

Bon jour, 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. lumbering | 2. dichotomy | 3. procure | 4. beleaguer | 5. sullen | 6. meretricious

_______ To get or gain

_______ Grumpy or glum

_______ Ungainly and unwieldy

_______ Split or separation

_______ Showy or spurious

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

1. meretricious | 2. beleaguered | 3. procure | 4. dichotomy | 5. sullenness

“The great apparent _______ is that the more we give, the more we get.” —Stephen Covey

“An important job of the critic is to savage what is mediocre or _______.” —Susan Sontag

“All my life, people have taken my shyness for _______, snobbery, bad temper of one sort or another.” —Donna Tartt

“The wealth required by nature is limited and is easy to _______; but the wealth required by vain ideals extends to infinity.” —Epicurus

“I can be alone without being lonely. In fact, those times of solitude are necessary respite for a _______ soul, set upon by the pressures of life. I need to take whatever moments I can to just be still.” —Steve Goodier

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.

SOL- (_______) + -EN (relating to)

BE- (_______) + LEGER- (camp)

PRO- (in behalf of) + CUR- (_______)

MERIT- (_______) + -[R]ICIOUS (full of)

DI[CH]- (two) + TOM- (_______) + -Y (act or state)

Scroll down for answers. But first, make sure you know why SCRUPLES are like small stones in your shoe…