Buenos días, 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. implement | 2. purloin | 3. sinecure | 4. scrutiny | 5. attenuate | 6. conundrum
_______ Inspection or investigation
_______ To pilfer or pinch
_______ To diminish or dissipate
_______ Problem or puzzle
_______ Gravy train
QUOTE MATCH
Complete each quote using the words from the word bank.
1. scrutinize | 2. attenuate | 3. conundrum | 4. purloined | 5. implementation
“All skills _______ with disuse.” —Tren Griffin
“Ideas are useless unless used. The proof of their value is in their _______. Until then, they are in limbo.” —Theodore Levitt
“It is curious how sometimes the memory of death lives on for so much longer than the memory of the life that is _______.” —Arundhati Roy
“Don’t _______ people with a microscope; view them from a comfortable distance. And allow some room for compassion in the space the lies between you.” —Douglas Pagels
“Happiness, if you think about it, is the biggest _______ we face. The pursuit of it is why we do basically everything that we do, and yet, none of that effort is necessary: it’s the simplest choice of changing our state of mind.” —Brianna Wiest
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.
POR- (forth) + LONG- (_______)
SIN- (without) + CUR- (_______)
SCRUT- (_______) + -INY (act or state)
A- (to) + TENU- (_______) + -ATE (to make)
IM- (into or on) + PLE- (_______) + -MENT (act or state)
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