R2W WEEKLY QUIZ: October 18
How much do you remember about this week's words?
Aloha, 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.
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WORD MATCH
Match each number of each word to the matching phrase. One word has no matching phrase.
1. grouse | 2. miscreant | 3. penitence | 4. embroil | 5. commensal | 6. suffice
________ Together at the table
________ You're in it now
________ Complain away
________ That'll do
________ Remorse, regret, and repentance
QUOTE MATCH
Complete each quote using the words from the word bank.
1. commensality | 2. penitence | 3.miscreants | 4. embroiled | 5. grouses
"Because the wicked often have a charisma that the naive view as godliness, rather than demonic suasion, some ________ for a time raise mass movements in their defense." —Dean Koontz
“Both ________–the act of eating together–and the sharing of food are powerful means by which human beings create, express, and solidify feelings of mutual trust, intimacy, and kinship.” —Naomi Leite
“________ that go unheard only grow louder, till they reach a level of frustration where they become silent but permanent disappointments.” —Amit Pandey
“It is never easy to confront life-changing news, especially when you are deeply ________ in the everyday and the banal, which we always are. They absorb almost everything, make almost everything small, apart from the few events that are so immense that they lay waste to all the everyday trivia around you.” ―Karl Ove Knausgaard
“Patriotism means unqualified and unwavering love for the nation, which implies not uncritical eagerness to serve, not support for unjust claims, but frank assessment of its vices and sins, and ________ for them.” –Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
ROOT QUIZ
For each of the following words, fill in the meaning of each prefix, suffix, and base. For a bonus point, define the word.
MIS- (bad) + CRE- (________) + -ANT (one who)
NEB- (________) + -UL (relating to) + -OUS (full of)
SUF- (under) + FIC- (________)
PENIT- (________) + -ENCE (act or state)
AMBI- (________) + IG- (________) + -OUS (full of)
Scroll down for answers. But first, revisit the different words for shades of red.
WEEKLY QUIZ ANSWERS
WORD MATCH
1. grouse | 2. miscreant | 3. penitence | 4. embroil | 5. commensal | 6. suffice
____5___ Together at the table
____4___ You're in it now
____1___ Complain away
____6___ That'll do
____3___ Remorse, regret, and repentance
QUOTE MATCH
"Because the wicked often have a charisma that the naive view as godliness, rather than demonic suasion, some miscreants for a time raise mass movements in their defense." —Dean Koontz
“Both commensality–the act of eating together–and the sharing of food are powerful means by which human beings create, express, and solidify feelings of mutual trust, intimacy, and kinship.” —Naomi Leite
“Grouses that go unheard only grow louder, till they reach a level of frustration where they become silent but permanent disappointments.” —Amit Pandey
“It is never easy to confront life-changing news, especially when you are deeply embroiled in the everyday and the banal, which we always are. They absorb almost everything, make almost everything small, apart from the few events that are so immense that they lay waste to all the everyday trivia around you.” ―Karl Ove Knausgaard
“Patriotism means unqualified and unwavering love for the nation, which implies not uncritical eagerness to serve, not support for unjust claims, but frank assessment of its vices and sins, and penitence for them.” –Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
ROOT QUIZ
MIS- (bad) + CRE- (belief or trust) + -ANT (one who)
NEB- (cloud) + -UL (relating to) + -OUS (full of)
SUF- (under) + FIC- (make)
PENIT- (to regret) + -ENCE (act or state)
AMBI- (both) + IG- (do) + -OUS (full of)
“Your words are building blocks of which you construct your life and future.” —Charles Capps