Roots2Words Quiz: June 2025

Find out 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. Proof of witness, confirmation, or authentication:
(A) attestation (B) plaudit (C) preponderance (D) annotation (E) canon

2. Including or considering all possibilities; fully comprehensive:
(A) reminiscent (B) sumptuous (C) ductile (D) exhaustive (E) disquieting

3. Someone or something that foreshadows an event or signals the approach of another:
(A) vestige (B) compunction (C) harbinger (D) corpus (E) emolument

4. Severe, strict, or rigid in environment, attitude, or appearance:
(A) dulcet (B) austere (C) antediluvian (D) plebeian (E) pusillanimous

5. To strike or impact; to encroach, infringe, or make an impression:
(A) obliterate (B) inveigle (C) impinge (D) gainsay (E) acclimate

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

“Power is the by-product of understanding.” —Jacob Bronowski