Rooty*Hoot*Hoot - Puzzle #1 "text": all 4 words are from famous quotes in the play Hamlet:

• Answer 1:--7 letter noun--root is VENG = take vengeance -- word means: *** a malicious injuring or retaliation in return for an injury or wrong; reprisal; retribution
• Answer 2:--10 letter noun--root is SCIO = know -- word means: *** the complex of ethical and moral principles that controls or inhibits action and thoughts; inner sense impelling one toward right action
• Answer 3:--8 letter adjective--root is FIN = end -- word means: *** without limits or bounds; endless; immeasurably great
• Answer 4:--10 letter adjective--root is ULTRA = beyond -- word means: *** grossly offensive to the sense of right or decency; extravagant; passing reasonable bounds

PUZZLE #1 - Rooty*Hoot*HootĘ - Answer Sheet.

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"Hi, I'm Cinny Nym, Dean of Faculty at Vocabulary University."

"This month, rather than give you hints for puzzle #1, I wanted to give you some other memorable quotes from Hamlet that we often hear from this Shakespearean work:
"What a piece of work man is! How noble in reason! How infinite in faculty!"
"Something's rotten in state of Denmark."
"Brevity is the soul of wit."
"This above all; to thine own's self be true."
"Frailty, thy name is Woman!"
"To die: to sleep: To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub: For in that sleep of death what dreams may come?..."
"Now get you to my lady's chamber, and tell her, let her paint an inch thick, to this favour she must come."
"Neither a borrower nor a lender be/..."
"Get thee to a nunnery, go!"
"The lady doth protest too much, methinks."
"The time is out of joint: O cursed spite,/That ever I was born to set it right!"

Rooty*Hoot*Hoot - Puzzle #2 "text" where all 4 words come from famous quotes in Julius Caesar, Romeo & Juliet, Macbeth, and A Midsummer Night's Dream respectively.

• Answer 5:--9 letter adjective--roots are AMBI & ITUM = about & go -- word means: *** eagerly desirous of obtaining or achieving success, power, wealth, etc.; requiring exceptional effort or ability
• Answer 6:--10 letter adjective--root is STA = stand -- word means: *** fickle; changeable; variable; not recurrent or persistent; unfaithful
• Answer 7:--8 letter noun--root is CALIDUS = hot -- word means: *** a large kettle or vat used for boiling, often associated with animated witch stories
• Answer 8:--11 letter noun--root is IMAGO = an image -- word means: *** creative talent or ability; mental creations, images or concepts of what is not actually present to the senses

PUZZLE #2 - Rooty*Hoot*HootĘ - Answer Sheet.

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"Hi, I'm Dick Shinary, Chancellor of Literacy at Vocabulary University."

"I wanted to give you other meaningful quotes that we often hear from Shakespeare's other plays:
"Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou, Romeo? Deny thy father, and refuse thy name..." - Romeo and Juliet
"All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players..." - As You Like It
"Our doubts are traitors, And make us lose the good we oft might win/ By fearing to attempt..." - Measure For Measure
"...by the clock, 'tis day,/And yet dark night strangles the travelling lamp..." - Macbeth
"Out, out brief candle! Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player/ That struts and frets his hour upon the stage/ And then is heard no more: it is tale/ Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,/ Signifying nothing." - Macbeth
"What's in a name?... A rose/ By any other name would smell as sweet." - Romeo and Juliet
"Good night, good night! parting is such sweet sorrow,/That I shall say good night till it be morrow." - Romeo and Juliet
"The course of true love never did run smooth." - Midsummer's Night Dream
"I'll not budge an inch." ..."And thereby hangs a tale." - The Taming of the Shrew

Rooty*Hoot*Hoot - Puzzle #3 "text" where all 4 words are either major themes or techniques used in Shakespeare's works:

• Answer 9:--9 letter noun--roots are SOLI & LOQU = alone & speak -- word means: *** a speech in a drama in which a character, alone or as if alone, discloses innermost thoughts
• Answer 10:--10 letter noun--roota are ABS & TENERE = from & hold -- word means: *** self-restraint; refraining from a drug on which one is dependent; self-denial
• Answer 11:--5 letter noun--root is MERCES = wages; (heavenly reward) -- word means: *** forebearance shown toward an enemy or other person in one's power; compassionate, kindly or benevolent
• Answer 12:--10 letter noun--root is SOLU = loosen, release -- word means: *** firm expression of opinion or purpose; completion, settlement or conclusion of conflict

PUZZLE #3 - Rooty*Hoot*HootĘ - Answer Sheet.

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"Hi, I'm Crossword, the Mascot at Vocabulary University. I like to have fun."

"There are multiple links to sites about Shakespeare. If you want to find out more about the man and his works here are 7 that are very useful. Happy surfing!

• www.elizreview.com/links.html
• www.ulen.com/shakespeare/students/guide/page3.html
• www.quoteland.com
• www-tech.met.edu/Shakespeare/search.html
• www.webcomcom/pweller/macbeth
• www.webcomcom/pweller/Hamnav1
• oseda.missouri.edu/ashland.k12.mo.us/oaks/shkquote.html

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