Konnichiwa, 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. obeisance | 2. ignoble | 3. toponym | 4. pedantic | 5. substantiate | 6. entice
_______ Doctrinaire and didactic
_______ To inveigle or allure
_______ To verify or validate
_______ Homage or humility
_______ Degraded or despicable
QUOTE MATCH
Complete each quote using the words from the word bank.
1. unsubstantiated | 2. pedantry | 3. obeisance | 4. enticing | 5. ignoble
“The mathematician and the artist are companioned in the same dark, and do _______ to the same gods.” —Howard Jacobson
“To conquer oneself is the best and noblest victory; to be vanquished by one’s own nature is the worst and most _______ defeat.” —Plato
“Mental energy is powerful. Direct its strength towards our positive aspirations rather than empowering _______ fears.” —Andi Jones
“Creativity is a lot like looking at the world through a kaleidoscope. You look at a set of elements, the same ones everyone else sees, but then reassemble those floating bits and pieces into an _______ new possibility.” —Rosabeth Moss Kanter
“The tone of good conversation is brilliant and natural; it is neither tedious nor frivolous; it is instructive without _______, gay without tumultuousness, polished without affectation, gallant without insipidity, waggish without equivocation.” —Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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.
TOPO- (_______) + -ONYM (name)
OB- (to) + EI- (_______) + -ENCE (act or state)
IG- (not) + GNO- (_______) + -BLE (worthy of)
PED- (_______) + -ANT (one who [teaches]) + -IC (like)
SUB- (under) + STAN- (_______) + -IATE (to make)
Scroll down for answers. But first, learn why PICARESQUE might not mean what you think…
