Roots2Words Quiz: December 2024

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. Wise and practical; acting with care and consideration for the future:
(A) indifferent (B) anomalous (C) prudent (D) palatable (E) tedious

2. To find out, to discover, to determine or make certain:
(A) amend (B) ascertain (C) concoct (D) tantalize (E) egress

3. The quality of stubbornly sticking to an opinion or course of action:
(A) cordiality (B) brevity (C) obstinacy (D) synesthesia (E) benediction

4. Showing contempt through scorn or ridicule:
(A) derisive (B) eponymous (C) desultory (D) leviathan (E) moribund

5. To provide support, encouragement, or justification:
(A) surfeit (B) conflate (C) asperse (D) buttress (E) disenfranchise

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

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