Roots2Words Quiz: May 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. Old-fashioned or existing out of time:
(A) duplicitous (B) exuberant (C) anachronistic (D) superlative (E) tactful

2. To prevent someone from growing angry or to soothe feelings of anger or hostility:
(A) reiterate (B) placate (C) engulf (D) culminate (E) divest

3. A classic or typical example; a detailed model or framework:
(A) visage (B) avocation (C) ideogram (D) paradigm (E) ellipsis

4. Difficult to manage, direct, treat, or solve:
(A) avuncular (B) intractable (C) compendious (D) painstaking (E) ameliorate

5. To persuade, entice, or overcome resistance with flattery or gentle urging:
(A) cajole (B) stint (C) expiate (D) issue (E) rusticate

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

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