R2W WEEKLY QUIZ: September 7

Exult in your mastery of this week's words!

Avast, ye 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. complement | 2. consonant | 3. hinterland | 4. mull | 5. dogmatic | 6. repudiate

_______ Imperious, arbitrary, or intolerant

_______ Congruous or concordant

_______ To contemplate, consider, or chew on

_______ To complete, make whole, or bring to perfection

_______ To rebut, refute, or revoke

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

1. dispense | 2. dogmatism | 3. hinterlands | 4. consonance | 5. complementary

“A candid spirit is mightier than the most persistent _______.” —Amos Bronson Alcott

“Good friendships require _______ personalities, not identical ones.” —William Landay

“To doubt everything, or, to believe everything, are two equally convenient solutions; both _______ with the necessity of reflection.” —Henri Poincare

“His mind lingered for a time in the _______ of sleep, words drifting over the border as though on a warm wind, unfastened from their meanings.” —Jedediah Berry

“Music needs the juxtaposition of opposites to achieve its drama, so harshness and dissonance are simply part of the material a musician can use to create a musical work. All one thing is a bore--all dissonance or all fatuous _______.” —Chuck Israels

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.

CON- (with) + SON- (_______) + -ANT (state of)

COM- (_______) + PLE- (to fill) + -MENT (thing that)

RE- (again) + PUD- (to be ashamed) + -ATE (_______)

HIND- (_______) + -ER (more) + -LAND (ground, place)

DIS- (away) + PENS- (_______) + -ATION (process of)

Scroll down for answers. But first, try not to be overwhelmed by the meaning and origin of the word UNDERWHELM…