R2W WEEKLY QUIZ: September 28

Wallow in your mastery of this week's words!

Greetings, 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. benign | 2. polymath | 3. row | 4. impasse | 5. oust | 6. waggish

_______ A noisy quarrel

_______ Mischievous or merry

_______ To depose or dislodge

_______ A real know-it-all

_______ Deadlock or dead end

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

1. wag | 2. oust | 3. hagiography | 4. benign | 5. impasse

“The universe seems neither _______ nor hostile, merely indifferent.” —Carl Sagan

“Money can buy you a fine dog, but only love can make him _______ his tail.” —Kinky Friedman

“The true genre of the life is neither _______ nor saga, but tragedy.” —Alasdair MacIntyre

“Those who always have a sense of appreciation and gratitude never reach an _______ in life.” —Daisaku Ikeda

“Hold every hour in your grasp. Lay hold of to-day’s task, and you will not need to depend so much upon to-morrow’s. While we are postponing, life speeds by. Nothing is ours, except time. We were entrusted by nature with the ownership of this single thing, so fleeting and slippery that anyone who will can _______ us from possession.” —Seneca

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.

BEN- (_______ ) + -IGN (born)

OB- (off, against) + -ST (_______ )

IM- (not) + PASS- (_______ )

HAGIO- (of a saint) + -GRAPHY (_______ )

POLY- (more than one) + MATH- (_______ )

Scroll down for answers. But first, learn the clever meaning of the word LEGERDEMAIN…