Roots2Words Quiz: April 2024

Were you paying attention in March?

Saturdays are perfect days for retrieval practice. It's time for a pop quiz on last month’s words!

For each of the following five definitions, select the word defined. Answers are at the end of the question set.

1. Fully aware of something; informed:
(A) viridian (B) cognizant (C) languid (D) protean (E) indelible

2. The act or process of mediating a dispute or resolving a complaint:
(A) apathy (B) zeitgeist (C) conciliation (D) explication (E) denizen

3. To remove something unnecessary or undesired; to abandon or throw from a vessel or aircraft:
(A) galvanize (B) elate (C) hound (D) reciprocate (E) jettison

4. Calmness and composure; mental or emotional stability:
(A) fatuity (B) equanimity (C) fallibility (D) disparity (E) felicity

5. Showing tremendous tenacity or perseverance; relentless or stubborn:
(A) deferential (B) tenuous (C) petulant (D) dogged (E) trite

ANSWERS: 1.B 2.C 3.E 4.B 5.D

—If you didn't get 5 out of 5, go back and review last month's words!—