R2W WEEKLY QUIZ: May 10
Exert your mastery of this week's words!
Bon dia, 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. beguiling | 2. probity | 3. riparian | 4. livid | 5. lineage | 6. retort
_______ Uprightness or rectitude
_______ Ancestry or extraction
_______ Rejoinder or riposte
_______ Alluring or entrancing
_______ Incensed or ashen
QUOTE MATCH
Complete each quote using the words from the word bank.
1. retort | 2. riparian | 3. probity | 4. beguile | 5. livid
“Old loves turn up in dreams, still _______ at every slight.” —Tracy K. Smith
“Wine can of their wits the wise _______, Make the sage frolic, and the serious smile” —Homer
“How dare you call me lazy? I’d come up with a scathing _______ but, meh, I’m just not motivated.” —Andy Weir
“When people are forced to remain silent when they are being told the most obvious lies, or even worse when they are forced to repeat the lies themselves, they lose once and for all their sense of _______. To assent to obvious lies is in some small way to become evil oneself.” —Theodore Dalrymple
The _______ doctrine had originated in temperate regions, where water was abundant and arable land almost always situated adjacent to a river. The rule granted the owner of land abutting a stream the right to use the water flowing past his property, on condition that his use did not interfere with the same right of landowners downstream. The river and its waters were inviolate, belonging as property to no one.” —Michael A. Hiltzik
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) + TORT- (_______)
LINE- (_______) + -AGE (state of)
PROB- (_______) + -ITY (quality)
RIPAR- (bank of a river) + -IAN (_______)
BE- (to make) + GUILE- (_______) + -ING (act or state)
Scroll down for answers. But first, learn the roots associated with GEOGLYPHs…
