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© Teacher Created Materials #12739 (i4014) Building Vocabulary from Word Roots Unit I Lesson 1 1 Latin Prefixes co-, con- (and their assimilated forms) = “with, together, very” Crossword Puzzle Directions: Read the clues and use the word bank below to solve the crossword puzzle. Across 2. to force someone to do something 3. to assemble or meet; to come together as at the beginning of a meeting 6. hold together; keep within limits; include 7. to restrict to a closed or limited space Down 1. to consult with another; to meet and talk with 4. expressed in very few words; succinct 5. to twist out of shape; to misrepresent 6. festive; enjoying people’s company 7. to put things together and build contain contort convivial compel construct confine confer concise convene Word Bank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

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Latin Prefi xes co-, con-(and their assimilated forms) = “with, together, very”

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Directions: Read the clues and use the word bank below to solve the crossword puzzle.

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2. to force someone to do something

3. to assemble or meet; to come together as at the beginning of a meeting

6. hold together; keep within limits; include

7. to restrict to a closed or limited space

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1. to consult with another; to meet and talk with

4. expressed in very few words; succinct

5. to twist out of shape; to misrepresent

6. festive; enjoying people’s company

7. to put things together and build

containcontortconvivial

compel constructconfi ne

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Latin Prefi x ad- (and its assimilated forms)= “to, toward, add to”

Unit I Lesson 2

Directions: Read the clues and use the word bank below to solve the crossword puzzle.

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1. an attachment or accessory; a subordinate body part

3. to guide or give counsel to someone; to recommend

4. to influence or to change something; to have an effect upon

5. to allow someone to enter; to acknowledge or confess to something

6. a natural liking or attraction; also, relationship by marriage

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1. a part of a book placed at or near the end with supplementary material

2. an undertaking with uncertain outcome; an event that involves surprise or risk

4. to draw or pull to or toward oneself; to draw by appeal; to entice

5. to concur; to agree to a proposal appendix

adventureassent

appendage attract affect

adviseaffi nityadmit

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Greek Prefi x hyper- and Latin Prefi x super- = “above, over”; Greek Prefi x hypo- and Latin Prefi x sub- = “under, below”

Unit I Lesson 3

Directions: Read the clues and use the word bank below to solve the crossword puzzle.

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1. satiety; state of being overfed (see hint from 8 Across)

2. low intake of oxygen

3. under the surface of the earth

6. of higher quality; also, one of the Great Lakes

7. one who puts on a false front of virtue

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1. haughty, arrogant, condescending; looking down on others

3. to overcome obstacles or great odds (hint: this word begins with the French form of the prefix: sur-)

4. rhetorical exaggeration or overstatement

5. penetrating beneath the skin

hypodermic hypocritesupercilious

subterraneanhyperbolesurfeit

surmountsuperiorhypoxia

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Unit I Lesson 4 Greek Prefi x peri- and Latin Prefi x circum- = “around”

Directions: Read the clues and use the word bank below to solve the crossword puzzle.

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1. a row or range of columns surrounding a building or monument

2. to bypass an obstacle or hindrance; also, to outsmart an opponent

4. a round of time; a punctuation mark at the end of a sentence

6. to flow without obstruction (like blood in veins); to get around socially and mix with people

8. in the shape of a ring or a circle; also, an advertisement mailed to many people

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1. the outer edge of an area; margin

3. the measurement or outer edge of a circle

5. itinerant; walking around

7. the point in the moon’s orbit at which it is closest to the Earth circulate

circular peristyle

periodperipateticperiphery

circumferencecircumventperigee

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2. state of decay; state or quality of being decrepit

3. loneliness, isolation; the state of being alone

5. state of being quiet and at rest

8. an apartment building or housing complex (usually crowded or run down)

9. a formal decision or verdict uttered by a court or judge

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1. likeness to truth in a fictional story; plausibility in fiction

4. one’s stance; one’s feeling about something

6. angular distance (on the Earth’s globe) east or west of a meridian

7. a portion cut off from the whole; the finite part of line

attitudetenementdecrepitude

segmentlongitude verisimilitude

judgmentsolitude quietude

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Latin Suffi xes -ment = “thing or object”and -itude = “state or quality”

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1. a prayer of blessing offered at the end of a worship service

3. state of being given to a habit that is especially difficult to break

6. to go against what has been spoken

7. to foretell the future

9. to renounce; to give up a position of power

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2. a book of the words spoken in a language and their definitions

4. a formally pronounced public degree

5. to charge with a crime

8. formally expressed speech; word choice

10. an absolute ruler; a tyrant

Directions: Read the clues and use the word bank below to solve the crossword puzzle.

Latin Bases dic, dict = “say, speak, tell”Unit II Lesson 6

benediction predict abdicatediction

dictator dictionary contradict edict

indictaddiction

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Unit II Lesson 7 Latin Bases fl u, fl ux, fl uct = “fl ow”

Directions: Read the clues and use the word bank below to solve the crossword puzzle.

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2. wealthy; having a good cash flow

5. the point at which rivers or streams converge or flow together

8. an unstable situation in which things change

9. a chimney vent for proper air flow

10. to have an effect on; to modify

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1. sweetly flowing, like honey

3. speaking words with such facility that they flow smoothly

4. excessive and unnecessary

6. liquid sewage that flows out of a sewer pipe

7. a highly contagious disease

fl uentfl uinfl uence mellifl uous

superfl uous fl ue affl uentfl ux

effl uvium confl uence

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Unit II Lesson 8 Latin Bases sequ, secut = “follow”

Directions: Read the clues and use the word bank below to solve the crossword puzzle.

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2. a cult or religious following

5. a result that follows along with a cause

7. an installment of a book or film that follows an earlier plot or storyline

8. to institute legal proceedings by going after a criminal

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1. fawning, submissive

2. a constant order in which listed items follow one another in succession

3. high-level officer responsible for implementing an organization’s mission

4. to harass on a consistent basis

6. a statement or conclusion that makes no sense

obsequious consequence sequence sect

persecute prosecute non sequitur(you will write this as one word in the puzzle)

executive sequel

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fi duciary diffi dent infi del Fidel

confi dant fi delity perfi dyconfi de

Fido confi dence

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3. traditional name for a loyal dog

4. assurance, self-reliance

6. treachery; an act that breaks faith or trust

8. lacking self-confidence

10. a name given to one who does not accept a particular faith (such as Christianity or Islam)

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1. someone with whom a trust or secret is shared

2. to entrust; to show confidence by imparting secrets

5. a person or institution to whom money or property is entrusted

7. loyalty; faithfulness to others

9. Spanish name for a loyal and faithful son

Directions: Read the clues and use the word bank below to solve the crossword puzzle.

Latin Bases fi d, fi del = “faith, trust”Unit II Lesson 9

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Latin Base equ = “equal, even, fair”Unit II Lesson 10

Directions: Read the clues and use the word bank below to solve the crossword puzzle.

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2. sameness; the state of being equal among different entities

3. of equal worth or value

5. to make equal; to treat as equal

7. line on the globe that divides Earth into two equal portions, north and south

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1. property held by a shareholder; as an abstract noun, this word means “fairness”

2 at an equal distance from

3. formula that declares one quantity or state equal to another

4. balance

5. having sides of equal length

6. period when day and night are equal across the Earth

equidistantequation equate equilibrium

equinox equality equityequator

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Unit III Lesson 11 Latin Bases corp, corpor = “body” andanim = “soul, mind, breath of life”

Directions: Read the clues and use the word bank below to solve the crossword puzzle.

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5. a living creature that moves and breathes; a mammal

7. an organization such as a business

8. a dead body

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1. to integrate with the whole

2. cowardly and timid

3. stocky; having a large or bulky body

4. active and open enmity; hostility

6. not allowed with the breath of life or with sensation

corpulent corporationanimal

incorporate animosity corpse

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Unit III Lesson 12

Directions: Read the clues and use the word bank below to solve the crossword puzzle.

Latin Bases urb = “city” and agr, agrar = “land”

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2. environmental travel

6. a measured unit of land

7. pertaining to the suburbs

8. soil-manager

9. pertaining to the city

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1. elegance, refinement, sophistication

3. between cities; connecting cities

4. aimless wandering

5. an area lying beyond the city and suburb, associated with wealthy land-owners

6. pertaining to farming and living on the land

acre suburban urbanity agrarian

agritourism exurb interurban peregrination

urban agronomist

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2. meat-eating

3. assuming a human form “in the flesh”

5. cruel, bloodthirsty; marked by bloodshed

7. confident, optimistic, cheerful

8. a celebration marked by revelry; originally, festivities preceding a meat-free fast

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1. animalistic

4. to bleed; to drain of blood

5. a type of deep-red wine

6. a type of (originally) flesh-colored flower

carnalcarnival sanguinary

sangria sanguine carnivorous

incarnate carnation exsanguinate

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Latin Bases carn = “fl esh, meat”and sang, sanguin = “blood”

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1. unspoken, implicit

3. to announce publicly; to issue an edict

5. silent; keeping silent and refusing to divulge

7. the delivery (of a speech) in a rhetorical manner

8. a loud cry, especially as raised by a group in protest or approval

9. to renounce or waive responsibility

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1. silent by temperament or disposition

2. a cry of approval; a consensus or agreement

4. to shout; to make a sudden cry of surprise

6. to demand back

exclaim declamationclamorreclaim

disclaim taciturnacclamation reticent

tacit proclaim

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Latin Bases clam, claim = “shout, cry, call”and tacit, tic = “silent, unspoken”

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Latin Bases frag, frang, fract = “break, broken”and integr = “whole, entire”

Unit III Lesson 15

Directions: Read the clues and use the word bank below to solve the crossword puzzle.

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5. a crack or partial break

7. a partial or “broken” number

8. plants (such as herbs) that grow in the crevices of broken rocks

9. to trespass or encroach; to break in on someone’s property

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1. a falling apart; the crumbling or dissolution of something that was originally whole

2. breakable; easily crumbling

3. honesty, soundness, and “wholeness” of character

4. to break into several pieces or portions

6. reincorporate; place back into the whole group

fracture disintegration integrity

reintegrateinfringe diffract

fraction frangible saxifrage

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Directions: Read the clues and use the word bank below to solve the crossword puzzle.

Greek Bases phil(o), phile = “love, friend”and mis(o) = “hate”

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2. a person who hates mankind

6. a person who suffers from non-clotting blood

9. an academic discipline, motivated by love of words

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1. to carouse or flirt

3. the hatred of marriage

4. a lover and collector of books

5. a deep and serious thinker

7. the hatred of women

8. a love potion; an aphrodisiac

Unit III Lesson 16

philanderphilology misogyny

hemophiliac misanthrope philosopher

misogamy philter bibliophile

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Directions: Read the clues and use the word bank below to solve the crossword puzzle.

Greek Bases gen, genit, gener = “produce, give birth”and techn(o) = “skill, craft, specialty”

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3. cordial, cheerful

6. the scientific study of genes; consisting of or pertaining to genes

7. distinctive skill, craft, or style with which one performs a task

8. to deteriorate; to decline in condition or quality

9. offspring

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1. native to and born within a particular area

2. branch of knowledge dealing with industrial arts and specialized skills

4. broad classification of literary categories

5. insincere; dishonest

progenytechnology genre

indigenous degenerategenial

technique disingenuous genetics

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1. a society in which women are the rulers

2. marriage to several wives at a time

4. a science-fiction character that looks like a human, oftentimes in male form

8. exhibiting male and female characteristics in the same body

9. substance that produces male characteristics in the body (such as testosterone)

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1. fear of women

3. medical specialization in women and their diseases

5. centered on the male; male focused

6. hatred of women

7. name that means “manly, courageous”

Directions: Read the clues and use the word bank below to solve the crossword puzzle.

Greek Bases andr(o) = “man, male”and gyn(o), gynec(o) = “woman, female”

Unit III Lesson 18

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gynocracy gynophobia androidgynecology

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1. a writing or message in secret code

3. translucent; allowing light to pass through

5. a sudden revelation or wondrous appearance; a dawning on someone

7. secret; expressed in words that few understood

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2. spurious, false, not true

4. a daydream or imaginary vision

5. expressed in clear and certain terms

6. a burial vault in which a body is concealed

epiphany cryptogramfantasy

diaphanouscryptcryptic

apocryphal emphatic

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Greek Bases crypt(o), cryph = “hide, conceal, secret”and phan, phen, phas = “show, appear, seem”

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Unit III Lesson 20 Greek Bases cardi(o) = “heart”and psych(o) = “mind, soul”

Directions: Read the clues and use the word bank below to solve the crossword puzzle.

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3. discipline that studies the mind; the science of mind and behavior

8. inflammation of the pericardium

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1. pertaining to the mind or other extrasensory perceptions

2. caused by, originating in, or produced in the mind

4. a person who suffers from dangerous and severe mental illness

5. a practitioner of psychiatry

6. pertaining to the heart as a biological organ

7. medical specialty that studies the heart

psychic cardiologypsychology

psychiatrist psychogenic cardiac

psychopath pericarditis

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