Roots2Words Quiz: June 2024

Were you paying attention in May?

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. Unwilling or unwell, often at a mild level:
(A) nautical (B) immemorial (C) delusional (D) indisposed (E) nuanced

2. Simultaneous contradictory feelings or attitudes:
(A) benevolence (B) prevarication (C) ambivalence (D) permeability (E) transmutation

3. To accept, submit, or consent in silence or without protest:
(A) acquiesce (B) embody (C) evince (D) assert (E) surmise

4. Bitterness or hate expressed through harsh, critical language:
(A) myopia (B) perigee (C) sanctimony (D) vitriol (E) blasphemy

5. Excessively ornate or flowery in style; showy or flamboyant:
(A) epicurean (B) florid (C) verbatim (D) ineffable (E) valedictory

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