Roots2Words Quiz: August 2025

Find out how many words you really learned last month

Saturdays are perfect days for retrieval practice. It's time for a pop quiz on last month’s words! Find answers after the graphic…

1. Out of place or harmony; not fitting in:
(A) hawkish (B) idyllic (C) incongruous (D) inconspicuous (E) encyclopedic

2. To calm, alleviate, or put to rest:
(A) allay (B) pertain (C) divulge (D) augment (E) subsist

3. A defensive wall, rampart, or any source of strong support or protection:
(A) interlocution (B) nemesis (C) homage (D) deliberation (E) bulwark

4. Turned bony, rigid, or inflexible:
(A) olfactory (B) ossified (C) agnostic (D) uncouth (E) semantic

5. To promote, announce, or make known publicly:
(A) foil (B) domineer (C) promulgate (D) delve (E) countenance

ANSWERS: 1.C 2.A 3.E 4.B 5.C
—If you didn't get 5 out of 5, go back and review last month's words!—

“Language is the only thing worth knowing even poorly.” —Kató Lomb