Good day, 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. perspicacious | 2. heuristic | 3. callous | 4. surveil | 5. epoch | 6. equivocate
_______ Emotionally hardened
_______ To track or tail
_______ To dodge or hedge
_______ Approximation or educated gues
_______ Era or age
QUOTE MATCH
Complete each quote using the words from the word bank.
1. surveillance | 2. callousness | 3. equivocator | 4. perspicacity | 5. heuristic
“Your inability to see the wisdom in someone else is not a reflection on their lack of _______: it is a reflection on yours.” —Ilyas Kassam
“Numbers do not feel. Do not bleed or weep or hope. They do not know bravery or sacrifice. Love and allegiance. At the very apex of _______, you will find only ones and zeros.” —Amie Kaufman
“There may be people who wish to live their lives under cradle-to-grave divine supervision, a permanent _______ and monitoring. But I cannot imagine anything more horrible or grotesque.” —Christopher Hitchens
“The psychologist Gerd Gigerenzer has a simple _______. Never ask the doctor what you should do. Ask him what he would do if he were in your place. You would be surprised at the difference.” —Nassim Nicholas Taleb
“It is not those who are unashamedly evil that we need fear the most, for their intentions are plain; rather, our fear should be reserved for those _______(s) who would allow evil to flourish, and name it good so they might sleep better at night.” —Robert Boyczuk
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.
EPI- (on) + ECH- (_______)
SUR- (over) + VEY- (_______)
HEUR- (to find) + -ISTIC (_______)
PER- (through) + SPIC- (_______) + -ACIOUS (inclined to)
EQUI- (_______) + VOC- (_______) + -ATE (to make happen)
Scroll down for answers. But first, firm up your understanding of what a FARCE is…
