R2W WEEKLY QUIZ: October 5

Challenge your mastery of this week's words!

Tally ho, 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. precept | 2. brassy | 3. exude | 4. malleable | 5. amenity | 6. duress

_______ Bold, loud, showy, or vulgar

_______ Compulsion or constraint

_______ Maxim or mandate

_______ To ooze or emanate

_______ A comfort or courtesy

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

1. amenity | 2. duress | 3. brassiness | 4. precept | 5. exude

“Tattoos _______ pain and pleasure all at the same time.” —Chester Bennington

“A river is more than an _______, it is a treasure.” —Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

“Thinking has, many a time, made me sad, darling; but doing never did in all my life... My _______ is, ‘Do something, my sister, do good if you can; but, at any rate, do something.’” ―Elizabeth Gaskell

“People never change because they are under threat or under _______. Never. They change because they see something that makes their life seem valuable enough to start moving toward a life worth living.” —Robert Downey, Jr.

“I wanted to be like her: tough and foxy. I wanted to borrow her _______…What are you looking at? Who gave you permission to look at me? How exciting to barge through the world, never apologizing for your place in it...” —Sarah Hepola

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.

EX- (out) + SUD- (_______)

PRE (before) + CEPT- (_______)

MALL- (_______) + -ABLE (able to be)

DUR- (_______) + -RESS (quality or condition)

MULTI- (many) + FAC- (_______) + -ET (little) + -ED (made of)

Scroll down for answers. But first, give in to your desire to know the meaning of the word FUTILE…