R2W WEEKLY QUIZ: May 3
May your mastery of this week's words shine through!
Hey yo, 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. incarnation | 2. plyometric | 3. dwindle | 4. tremulous | 5. extirpate | 6. latitude
_______ To decline or diminish
_______ Epitome or embodiment
_______ To eliminate or eradicate
_______ Shivery or shy
_______ License or location
QUOTE MATCH
Complete each quote using the words from the word bank.
1. tremulation | 2. extirpation | 3. dwindling | 4. latitude | 5. incarnate
“The teller of a mirthful tale has _______ allowed him. We are content with less than absolute truth.” —Charles Lamb
“The ultimate _______ resource in the human arrangement isn’t cheap oil or potable water or even common sense, but mercy.” —Cheryl Strayed
“Extinction wipes out, point by point, the clues to the code of existence; _______ is the great, sucking retreat of the tide of life.” —J.B. MacKinnon
“The sea is emotion _______. It loves, hates, and weeps. It defies all attempts to capture it with words and rejects all shackles. No matter what you say about it, there is always that which you can’t.” —Christopher Paolini
“The novel is the one bright book of life. Books are not life. They are only _______(s) on the ether. But the novel as a _______ can make the whole man alive tremble.” —D. H. Lawrence
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.
LAT- (_______) + -TUDE (state of)
IN- (in) + CARN- (_______) + -ATION (action)
TREM- (_______) + -ULOUS (full of)
PLIO- (more) + METR- (_______) + -ICS (discipline)
EX- (_______) + STIRP- (root, stem, or stalk) + -ATE (_______)
Scroll down for answers. But first, find out why GROUSE is a welcome word for nature lovers and bad for everyone else…
