Roots2Words Quiz: January 2025

Were you paying attention in December?

Saturdays are perfect days for retrieval practice. It's time for a quiz on last month’s words, with a special focus on the the vocabulary of high stakes tests!

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

1. Following in order, time, or place; succeeding:
(A) subsequent (B) disconcerting (C) opulent (D) demure (E) indefatigable

2. To stick or cause to stick to something; to support, follow, or maintain commitment to:
(A) repose (B) dismay (C) adhere (D) mediate (E) alleviate

3. Unable to be supported, maintained, or held; indefensible or unsustainable:
(A) misanthropic (B) polarized (C) imperious (D) untenable (E) speculative

4. Consideration of only the practical consequences of an action:
(A) artifice (B) pragmatism (C) tidings (D) mirth (E) bauble

5. Calling or conjuring up memories, moods, or ideas:
(A) ubiquitous (B) convivial (C) piquant (D) bombastic (E) evocative

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

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