R2W WEEKLY QUIZ: May 25

Memorialize your mastery of this week's words

Hail, 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. obliterate | 2. plaudit | 3. malodorous | 4. attest | 5. vestige | 6. compunction

_______ Authenticate or corroborate

_______ Remnant or trace

_______ A pang of penitence

_______ Acclamation or ovation

_______ Rank or stinking

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

1. compunction | 2. vestigial | 3. attestation | 4. plaudits | 5. odorous

"We humans have many _______ features proving that we evolved. The most famous is the appendix." —Jerry A. Coyne

"Give me _______ at sunrise a garden of beautiful flowers where I can walk undisturbed." —Walt Whitman

"It is strange how in some things honest people can be dishonest without the slightest _______." —James Weldon Johnson

"Against the odds, I have persevered, I am the living _______ of the American dream. I am the extolment of this great nation." —Don King

"Upon my weary heart was showered smiles, _______, and flowers, but beyond them I saw troubles and thorns innumerable." —Jefferson Davis

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.

A- (to) + TEST- (_______)

PLAUD- (_______) + -ITE (connected with)

COM- (with) + PUNCT- (_______) + -ION (state of)

MAL- (_______) + ODOR- (_______) + -OUS (full of)

OB- (against) + LITER- (_______) + -ATE (to make or do)

Scroll down for answers. But first, learn the important meaning of the word GALVANIZE: