R2W WEEKLY QUIZ: September 21

Prove your mastery of this week's words!

Blessed be, 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. parsimonious | 2. imprecation | 3. wallow | 4. eminence | 5. culminate | 6. exploit

_______ Rank, repute, or renown

_______ Stingy or sparing

_______ Come to a close or crescendo

_______ To loll or luxuriate

_______ To use or abuse

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

1. culmination | 2. eminent | 3. exploitation | 4. imprecation | 5. parsimony

“Censure is the tax a man pays to the public for being _______.” —Jonathan Swift

“With _______, a little is sufficient; without it nothing is sufficient; but frugality makes a poor man rich.” —Seneca

“As the popularity of science fiction increases, so inevitably does the volume of clownish _______ against it.” —Edmund Crispin

“As is commonly said, to start anything is simple; to develop it and bring it to a successful _______ takes great effort.” —Haile Selassie

“Of course I believe in free enterprise but in my system of free enterprise, the democratic principle is that there never was, never has been, never will be, room for the ruthless _______ of the many for the benefit of the few.” —Harry S. Truman

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) + PLAIT- (_______)

APT- (_______) + -TUDE (state of)

WEL- (_______) + -OW (action)

E- (out of) + MIN- (_______) + -ENCE (state of)

IM- (upon) + PREC- (_______) + -ATION (action)

Scroll down for answers. But first, find out the word for the universal cure or solution to every problem…