R2W WEEKLY QUIZ: November 30

Revel in your mastery of this week's words

How do you do, 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. utmost | 2. forsake | 3. inexorable | 4. genial | 5. tenure | 6. spendthrift

_______ Implacable or unyielding

_______ Term or tenancy

_______ Spending in an unthrifty manner

_______ To relinquish or desert

_______ Gentle, gracious, and good-natured

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

1. inexorable | 2. geniality | 3. tenure | 4. thrift | 5. forsaken

“A thousand half-loves must be _______ to take one whole heart home.” —Rumi

“Dislike required energy and a good memory for slights; _______ was so much less demanding, and at the end of the day felt better too.” —Alexander McCall Smith

“Justice belongs to those who claim it, but let the claimant beware lest he create new injustice by his claim and thus set the bloody pendulum of revenge into its _______ motion.” —Frank Herbert

“There is absolutely no substitute for the best. Good food cannot be made of inferior ingredients masked with high flavor. It is true _______ to use the best ingredients available and to waste nothing.” —James Beard

“The true value of an organization is measured by the desire others have to contribute to that organization’s ability to keep succeeding, not just during the time they are there, but well beyond their own _______.” —Simon Sinek

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.

TEN- (_______) + -URE (state)

UT- (_______) + -MOST (double superlative)

FOR- (completely) + SAKE- (_______)

[S]PEND- (weigh out) + THRIV- (_______)

IN- (not) + EX- (out) + ORE- (_______) + -ABLE (able to)

Scroll down for answers. But first, work out the vocabulary of working out…