Vocabulary.com/AOL - Valentines Day puzzles

Valentine's Day 2000 for America Online - monthly feature as of 1/24/00:

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Type in and submit the 12 answers (4 in each puzzle) to the Rooty*Hoot*Hoot® brand puzzles in the boxes BELOW the puzzle. When you hit the "Submit Query" button at the bottom of this page, you will get immediate feedback with both the correct answers and the use of the words in context. Sometimes there are word banks for each puzzle to assist you in your personal vocabulary acquisition. Click Directions for more detailed instructions. We have compiled some questions and answers if you are interested.

Puzzle #1 - Directions

Rooty*Hoot*Hoot - Puzzle #1 "text" where all 4 Valentine words derive from the root "CORD":

Answer 1:--7 letter noun--root is COUR = heart -- word means: *** bravery; quality enabling a person to face difficulty, pain, danger etc. without fear
Answer 2:--11 letter noun--root is CORD = heart -- word means: *** agreement; harmony; an alphabetical index of subjects and topics
Answer 3:--7 letter noun--root is CORD = heart -- word means: *** lack of harmony between persons or things; difference of opinion; strife; dispute
Answer 4:--4 letter noun--root is COR = heart -- word means: *** the central, innermost, or most important part of anything

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

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

I don't have any hints for you for puzzle #1 this month. However, I can give you a long list of 33 "heart" words from which you can find the 4 answers to the following Valentine's Day puzzle #2:

heartache, heart-attack, heartbeat, heart-block, heartbreak, heartbreaker, heartbreaking, heartbroken, heartburn, heart-disease, hearten, heart-failure, heartfelt, heart-free, hearth, heartily, heartiness, heartland, heartless, heart-murmur, heartrendering, hearts-and-flowers, heartease, heartsick, heartsore, heartstopper, heartstrings, heartthrob, heart-to-heart, heartwarming, heartwood, heartworm, hearty.

Puzzle #2 - Directions

Rooty*Hoot*Hoot - Puzzle #2 "text" where all 4 Valentine words contain the word "HEART":

Answer 5:--11 letter adjective--the word starts with "heart" -- word means: *** crushed with sorrow; intensively afflicted with great grief or despair
Answer 6:--10 letter noun--the word starts with "heart" -- word means: *** a passionate, tender or sentimental emotion; a person who inspires such emotion; a sweetheart
Answer 7:--9 letter noun--the word starts with "heart" -- word means: *** any central or vital area, as of a state or nation, considered essential to overall viability
Answer 8:--10 letter noun--the word starts with "heart" -- word means: *** showing cordiality, warmth & sincerity; quality of being strong, vigorous & robust

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

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

I have listed 18 idioms from the Random House Colllege Dictionary that have the word "heart" in them. I'm sure you've heard most of them.

after one's own heart; break someone's heart; eats one's heart out; from the bottom of one's heart; have a heart; have one's heart in one's mouth; have one's heart in the right place; in one's heart of hearts; lose one's heart to; near or close to one's heart; set one's heart at rest; set one's heart on; have one's heart set on; take to heart; take heart; to one's heart content; wear one's heart on one's sleeve; with all one's heart.

Puzzle #3 - Directions

Rooty*Hoot*Hoot - Puzzle #3 "text" where all 4 Valentine words derive from the root "CORD":

Answer 9:--7 letter adjective--root is CORD = heart -- word means: *** courteous and gracious; invigorating the heart; warm; sincere; heartfelt
Answer 10:--10 letter verb--root is COUR = heart -- word means: *** to deprive of confidence or hope; to dishearten by expressing disapproval or suggesting failure
Answer 11:--7 letter adjective--root is CORD = heart -- word means: *** heart-shaped; leaves that are heart-shaped with the attachment at the notched end
Answer 12:--8 letter noun--root is CORD = heart -- word means: *** a person who sets down things in writing, especially as an official duty; a end-blown flute

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

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"Hi, I'm Crossword, the Mascot at Vocabulary University.

There are hundreds of songs with the word "HEART" in the title. My favorite is "Heartbreak Hotel"! Can you add to this list?

Heart (Eddie Fisher); Heart and Soul (Huey Lewis); Heart Attack (Olivia Newton-John); Heart Full of Soul (Yardbirds); Heart Hotels (Dan Fogelberg); Heart in Hand (Brenda Lee); Heart like a Wheel (Steve Miller Band); Heart of Glass (Blondie); Heart of Gold (Neil Young); Heart of Rock & Roll (Huey Lewis & The News); Heart of Stone (Rolling Stones); Heart of the Night (Juice Newton); Heart to Heart (Kenny Loggins); Heartache Tonight (Eagles); Heartaches by the Numbers (Johnny Tillotson); Heartbreak Hotel (Elvis Presley); Heartbreak Kid (Bo Donaldson & The Heywoods); Heartbreaker (Dionne Warwick).

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