R2W WEEKLY QUIZ: November 16

Crow your mastery of this week's words

Good day to you, 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. verdant | 2. solace | 3. breviloquent | 4. refute | 5. pontificate | 6. acclamation

_______ Ovation or adulation

_______ To spread or suffuse

_______ To sound off or sermonize

_______ Alleviation or assuagement

_______ Leafy and lush

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

1. refutation | 2. acclaim | 3. saturnine | 4. solace | 5. verdure

“Everyone I know is looking for _______, hope and a tasty snack.” —Maira Kalman

“To sit in the shade on a fine day and look upon _______ is the most perfect refreshment.” —Jane Austen

“There is no idea that does not carry in itself a possible _______, no word that does not imply its opposite.” —Marcel Proust

“One paradox of professional writing is that books written solely for money and _______ will almost never be good enough to garner either.” —David Foster Wallace

“If Jupiter was in the ascendant when you were born, you are of a jovial disposition; and if you’re not jovial but miserable and _______ that’s a disaster, because a disaster is a dis-astro, or misplaced planet. Disaster is Latin for ill-starred. The fault, as Shakespeare put it, is not in our stars; but the language is.” —Mark Forsyth

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.

RE- (back) + FUT- (_______)

VERD- (_______) + -ANT (state of)

SOLA- (_______) + -ACE (state of)

BREV- (_______) + LOQU- (_______) + -ENT (inclined to)

A- (towards) + CLAM- (_______) + -ATION (action)

Scroll down for answers. But first, gather 'round the meaning of the word MUSTER…