R2W WEEKLY QUIZ: October 12

Exude mastery of this week's words!

Hola, 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. predispose | 2. abide | 3. miscellany | 4. blinkered | 5. diaphanous | 6. telegenic

_______ Gossamer and gauzy

_______ Close-minded or inflexible

_______ An aggregation or anthology

_______ Alluring on air

_______ To tolerate or tarry

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

1. diaphanous | 2. abiding | 3. blinkers | 4. miscellaneous | 5. predisposition

“I need advice and opinion-honest opinion. I want to get better. Why go around with _______ on?” —Natasha Richardson

“Let no one think that flexibility and a _______ to compromise is a sign of weakness or a sell-out.” —Paul Kagame

“In our notebooks , we press our past selves between the pages like _______ flowers, so that we can look back and remember who we used to be.” —Laura Pashby

“Of all the joyous motives of school life, the love of knowledge is the only _______ one; the only one which determines the scale, so to speak, upon which the person will hereafter live.” —Charlotte Mason

“I want to go down in history in a chapter marked _______ because the writers could find no other way to categorize me. In this world where classification is key, I want to erase the straight lines so I can be me.” —Staceyann Chin

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.

A- (ongoing) + BID- (_______)

TELE- (television) + -GENIC (_______)

MISC[ELL]- (_______) + -ANY (state or condition)

PRE- (before) + DIS- (apart) + POS- (_______)

DIA- (_______) + PHAN- (to show) + -OUS (inclined to)

Scroll down for answers. But first, learn a bunch of words describing SKILL…