Roots2Words Quiz: September 2024

Were you paying attention in August?

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. The moment of realization, attainment, or accomplishment:
(A) pulchritude (B) fervor (C) domicile (D) privation (E) fruition

2. Unlikely to cause injury or offense; harmless:
(A) lethargic (B) innocuous (C) existential (D) pensive (E) defunct

3. To create, cause, or beget:
(A) recant (B) undermine (C) antagonize (D) engender (E) extemporize

4. Indifferent, casual, or dismissive in attitude; uncaring or unworried:
(A) licit (B) placid (C) germane (D) cavalier (E) orthogonal

5. To eliminate, erase, or make indistinct:
(A) efface (B) disoblige (C) fructify (D) reprise (E) relegate 

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

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