Ahoy there, 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. foray | 2. bravura | 3. enumerate | 4. pernicious | 5. aphorism | 6. boycott
_______ Damaging or deleterious
_______ To abstain or embargo
_______ Inroad or invasion
_______ Guts or gallantry
_______ Adage or axiom
QUOTE MATCH
Complete each quote using the words from the word bank.
1. enumerate | 2. aphorism | 3. boycott | 4. foray | 5. pernicious
“I am living permanently in my dream, from which I make brief _______(s) into reality.” —Ingmar Bergman
“An _______ is a personal observation inflated into a universal truth, a private posing as a general.” —Stefan Kanfer
“You can burn libraries, ban books, _______ scholars, and blacklist intellectuals, but you cannot blot out ideas.” —Matshona Dhliwayo
“The most _______ aspect of procrastination is that it can become a habit. We don’t just put off our lives today; we put them off till our deathbed.” —Steven Pressfield
“We fail tasks we don’t have the guts to quit... knowing when to quit is such a strategic advantage that every single person, before undertaking an endeavor should _______ conditions under which they should quit.” —David Epstein
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.
FOR- (_______) + -AY (to do)
BRAV- (_______) + -URA (show of)
APO- (from) + HORIZ- (_______) + -SM (state)
PER- (thoroughly) + NEC- (_______) + -IOUS (full of)
E- (out) + NUMER- (_______) + -ATE (to make or do)
Scroll down for answers. But first, learn what the word POLEMIC has to do with ancient Greece…
