R2W WEEKLY QUIZ: November 1

How much of the English language did you unlock this week?

¡Feliz Día de los Muertos, 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. indomitable |  2. cursory |  3. impending |  4. umbrage |  5. phantasm |  6. eerie

________ A shade of displeasure or darkness

________ Imminent and possibly near

________ Unyielding and unconquerable

________ Uncanny, spooky, or supernatural

________ Haphazard or brief

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

1. umbrage |  2. moribund |  3. eerie |  4. cursory |  5. indomitable

“We do not talk -- we bludgeon one another with facts and theories gleaned from ________ readings of newspapers, magazines and digests.” —Henry Miller

“Those who enjoy their own emotionally bad health and who habitually fill their own minds with the rank poisons of suspicion, jealousy and hatred, as a rule take ________ at those who refuse to do likewise, and they find a perverted relief in trying to denigrate them.” —Johannes Brahms

“It turns out that an ________ type of chaos can lurk just behind a facade of order - and yet, deep inside the chaos lurks an even ________ type of order.” —Douglas Hofstadter

“That without experimentation, a willingness to ask questions and try new things, we shall surely become static, repetitive, ________.” —Anthony Bourdain

“Dedication, absolute dedication, is what keeps one ahead. A sort of ________ obsessive dedication and the realization that there is no end or limit to this because life is simply an ever-growing process, an ever-renewing process.” —Bruce Lee

ROOT QUIZ
For each of the following words, fill in the meaning of each prefix, suffix, and base. For a bonus point, define the word.

IM- (upon) + PEND- (________) + -ING (act or state)

MORI- (________) + -BUND (in process of)

RE- (back) + VEN- (________) + -ANT (one who)

IN- (________) + DOM- (________) + -ABLE (able to be)

ECTO- (________) + -PLASM (growth or creation)

Scroll down for answers. But first, learn the meaning and origin of the ghastly word MACABRE: