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. reckoning | 2. embellish | 3. implore | 4. formidable | 5. haughty | 6. exogenous
_______ Daunting or dire
_______ To beg or beseech
_______ Conceited or condescending
_______ Figuring or final judgments
_______ Outward or extrinsic
QUOTE MATCH
Complete each quote using the words from the word bank.
1. implore | 2. formidably | 3. embellishment | 4. reckon | 5. haughty
“Knowledge is a weapon. I intend to be _______ armed.” —Terry Goodkind
“Opportunity is a _______ goddess who wastes no time with those who are unprepared.” —George S. Clason
“Never forget that solitude is my lot ... I _______ those who love me to love my solitude.” —Rainer Maria Rilke
“Do not indulge in dreams of having what you have not, but _______ up the chief of the blessings you do possess, and then thankfully remember how you would crave for them if they were not yours.” —Marcus Aurelius
“Old stories have a habit of being told and retold and changed. Each subsequent storyteller puts his or her mark upon it. Whatever truth the story once had is buried in bias and _______. The reasons do not matter as much as the story itself.” —Erin Morgenstern
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.
EXO- (outer) + -GENOUS (_______)
FORMID- (_______) + -ABLE (able to be)
IM- (upon) + PLOR- (_______)
EM- (into) + BEL- (_______) + -ISH (act of)
RECT- (_______) + -ON (to make or do) + -ING (act or state)
Scroll down for answers. But first, find out what a MONGER is…
