R2W WEEKLY QUIZ: May 17
Flex your mastery of this week's words!
Halloo, 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. habiliment | 2. variegated | 3. lament | 4. copious | 5. calculus | 6. procrastinate
_______ Ample or abundant
_______ To bawl or bemoan
_______ Accouterments or apparel
_______ Mottled or multicolor
_______ To postpone or put off
QUOTE MATCH
Complete each quote using the words from the word bank.
1. lamentation | 2. variegation | 3. procrastination | 4. calculus | 5. copious
“_______ is the thief of time. Collar him.” —Charles Dickens
“It’s a hard, simple _______: Run until you can’t run anymore. Then run some more. Find a new source of energy and will. Then run even faster.” —Scott Jurek
“I still don’t know what leads to success. But I know what leads to insuccess: a temperament of complaint, the mentality of permanent victimhood, and the collective and individual propensity for _______.” —Nassim Nicholas Taleb
“It’s hard to tell our good luck sometimes. Hard to tell sometimes for many years to come. And most of us have wept _______ tears over someone or something, when if we’d understood the situation better, we might have celebrated our good fortune instead.” —Merle Shain
“We crave rich _______(s) of light. Too much time in one ambience, and we long for something new. Perhaps this explains the sensory ennui of those who live under unchanging skies. The monotony of blank sunny skies or of an endless cloud ceiling deprives us of the visual diversity we desire.” —David George Haskell
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.
LAMENT- (_______)
HABIL- (_______) + -MENT (state)
CO- (with) + OP- (_______) + -IOUS (full of)
CALC- (pebble used for counting) + -ULUS (_______)
VARI- (_______) + IG- (drive) + -ATE (to do) + -ED (made)
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