Roots2Words Quiz: February 2026
Test 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. To restrict movement or impede:
(A) perpetrate (B) hamper (C) rejuvenate (D) monetize (E) salute
2. Clashing, incongruous, or inharmonious:
(A) extraneous (B) laconic (C) conscientious (D) supine (E) dissonant
3. A warning, qualification, or introduction to stipulations:
(A) misprision (B) provenance (C) caveat (D) redemption (E) exordium
4. Convenient or suitable for a purpose or situation:
(A) decorous (B) histrionic (C) incipient (D) expedient (E) anemic
5. To omit, merge, or blend:
(A) elide (B) manifest (C) abut (D) transpose (E) exert
ANSWERS: 1.B 2.E 3.C 4.D 5.A
—If you didn’t get 5 out of 5, go back and review last month’s words!—
5/5 this time! "Elide" was the satisfying one — that Latin root meaning "to strike out" makes the whole "omit by blending" sense click. And "expedient" with its PED- (foot) root — literally freeing your foot so you can move quickly. The etymology turns vocabulary practice into puzzle-solving.