Roots2Words Quiz: February 2024

Have you been paying attention this month?

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. Showing courage despite danger or difficulty; resolute:
(A) torrid (B) salubrious (C) intrepid (D) interminable (E) boreal

2. Tasting sour, bitter, or astringent; sharp, severe, or critical:
(A) acerbic (B) ardent (C) inscrutable (D) recondite (E) substantive

3. To replicate, model, feign or pretend:
(A) accrue (B) laud (C) liaise (D) abate (E) simulate

4. A warning, caution, or advice:
(A) cupidity (B) amity (C) propriety (D) admonition (E) reprobation

5. Showing great academic knowledge; scholarly or highly educated:
(A) salubrious (B) sanguine (C) erudite (D) meticulous (E) ineluctable

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

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