Roots2Words Quiz: December 2023

How much did you learn over the last month?

Saturdays are perfect days for edifying surprises. Surprise—it's time for a pop quiz! Let's see if you've been paying attention over the last month...

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

1. To hold or set back; to impede, delay, or prevent:
(A) vindicate   (B) impute   (C) hinder   (D) affiliate  (E) savor

2. The act or place of flowing together or gathering together:
(A) fallacy (B) divergence (C) largesse (D) confluence (E) nativity

3. Wicked, evil, or villainous:
(A) tangential (B) nefarious (C) filial (D) supple (E) amorphous

4. Greed or covetousness:
(A) recrimination (B) promontory (C) precursory (D) lagniappe (E) avarice

5. Impractical in pursuit of ideals; rashly impulsive and unrealistic:
(A) vindictive (B) quixotic (C) pedestrian (D) ruthless (E) multifarious

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