R2W WEEKLY QUIZ: May 24

Memorialize your mastery of this week's words!

Hi ho, 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. quibble | 2. vaunted | 3. invigilator | 4. transient | 5. berth | 6. disgorge

_______ Harbor or hammock

_______ Impermanent or itinerant

_______ Squabble or spar

_______ Praised or paraded

_______ To regurgitate or retch

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

1. vaunt | 2. invigilate | 3. disgorge | 4. transient | 5. berth

“You don’t ask a computer if it is sure of the answer it _______(s).” —Isaac Asimov

“In the presence of eternity, the mountains are as _______ as the clouds.” —Robert Green Ingersoll

“Men of real merit, and whose noble and glorious deeds we are ready to acknowledge, are yet not to be endured when they _______ their own actions.” —Aeschines

“Live steady. Give anything weird a wide _______--including people. It’s not worth it. I learned this the hard way, through brutal overindulgence.” —Hunter S. Thompson

“Leaders are like lecturers. They can either stand in front and teach, or be at the center and facilitate or even be at the back and _______. Their task is to ensure what needs to be done gets done at the right time.” —Gift Gugu Mona

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.

DIS- (away, apart) + GORGE- (_______)

VAUNT- (_______) + -ED (made or done)

BEAR- (_______) + -TH (act or state)

TRANS- (_______) + IT- (_______) + -ENT (state of)

IN- (in) + VIGIL- (_______) + -ATOR (one who does)

Scroll down for answers. But first, learn lots of ghost words…