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"Hi, I'm Sam Mantics, Dean of Admissions & Directions at Vocabulary University®. The faculty is pleased to present these free Latin and Greek interactive root puzzles. Our Week 2 emphasis will study these roots/cells: DICT and CRED. Do you know what each one means? The following story will help clarify their meanings.

STORY: INCREDULOUS that heretofore no one had been courageous enough to force the ruler to ABDICATE, the citizens made a PREDICTION that the EDICT would affect the JURISDICTION of the DICTATORSHIP. They resented the DICTATORIAL tone of the MISCREANT in power. Citizens no longer had CREDENCE in either the CREDENTIALS or the CREDIBILITY of their ruler. They had already made enormous strides to DISCREDIT and initiate an INDICTMENT against the dictator. They would DEDICATE themselves to expose his INCREDIBLE injustices and INDICATE examples of his cruelties. To their CREDIT, the townspeople often chanted a short CREDO that reinforced the CREED they had espoused.

Make time to learn the roots! Then, after you have memorized each one, complete the four puzzles below.
Type in and submit the 18 answers (in four puzzles) to the Rooty*Hoot*Hoot® brand puzzles in the boxes INSIDE THE PUZZLE. When you hit the "Submit" 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. There are word banks below each puzzle to assist you in your personal vocabulary acquisition. If you can not solve all or you just solve part, hit the submit button twice at the bottom of the page to get the correct answers.

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Week 2 Puzzles - you are here!

To solve Puzzle #1 find the four words from the same root CRED meaning "believe, trust". The word bank below each puzzle contains the correct answers along with other words from the same root. Type your answers in the boxes INSIDE the puzzle. Use the "SUBMIT" button at the bottom of this page to get immediate feedback of both the correct answers and the use of the words in context.

Rooty*Hoot*Hoot - Puzzle #1 "text"::

• Answer 1: Master Root is CRED which means "believe, trust"--Keyword is 6 letter noun meaning: commendation given for some action, quality, etc.; permission for a customer to have goods or services that will be paid for at a later date
• Answer 2: Master Root is CRE which means "believe, trust"--Keyword is 5 letter noun meaning: statement or system of beliefs, principles or opinions that guides a person's actions
• Answer 3: Master Root is CRED which means "believe, trust"--Keyword is 10 letter adjective meaning: so extraordinary as to seem impossible; astonishing; hard to believe
• Answer 4: Master Root is CRED which means "believe, trust"--Keyword is 11 letter plural noun meaning: evidence (usu. written) of entitlement to rights or privileges; anything providing a basis for confidence, belief etc. or for extending credit

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To see a matrix of all 24 roots to be studied in the 1st quarter CLICK HERE."

To solve Puzzle #2 find the four words from the same root DICT meaning "say, declae". The word bank below each puzzle contains the correct answers along with other words from the same root. Type your answers in the boxes INSIDE the puzzle. Use the "SUBMIT" button at the bottom of this page to get immediate feedback of both the correct answers and the use of the words in context.

Rooty*Hoot*Hoot - Puzzle #2 "text"::

• Answer 5: Master Root is DIC which means "say, declare"--Keyword is 8 letter verb meaning: to point out or demonstrate; to serve as a sign, symptom or token of
• Answer 6: Master Root is DICT which means "say, declare"--Keyword is 10 letter noun meaning: a book containing a selection of the works of a language, usually arranged alphabetically
• Answer 7: Master Root is DICT which means "say, declare"--Keyword is 12 letter noun meaning: a country or form of government in which absolute power is exercised by an imperious ruler
• Answer 8: Master Root is DIC which means "say, declare"--Keyword is 11 letter noun meaning: an unpleasant, difficult or dangerous situation; any condition, state, or situation

"Hi, I'm Cinny Nym, Dean of Faculty at Vocabulary University®.
I am offering some synonym HINTS for the words above. Learn the subtle meaning and how to use each synonym in a sentence. Can you find your own antonym for each answer and make a sentence with it?"

• Word #5: synonym = denote
• Word #6: synonym = lexicon
• Word #7: synonym = autocracy
• Word #8: synonym = dilemna

To solve Puzzle #3 find the six words from the two roots CRED + DICT meaning "believe, truth" and "say, declare" respectively. The word bank below each puzzle contains the correct answers along with other words from the same root. Type your answers in the boxes INSIDE the puzzle. Use the "SUBMIT" button at the bottom of this page to get immediate feedback of both the correct answers and the use of the words in context.

Rooty*Hoot*Hoot - Puzzle #3 "text"::

• Answer 9: Master Root is CRED which means "believe, truth" -- Keyword is 11 letter noun meaning: capable of being believed; trustworthiness; confidence generating; reliability
• Answer 10: Master Root is DICT which means "say, declare" -- Keyword is 5 letter noun meaning: a decree issued by a sovereign or other authority; any authoritative command
• Answer 11: Master Root is DICT which means "say, declare" -- Keyword is 9 letter verb meaning: to proclaim; declare; affirm; connote; imply
• Answer 12: Master Root is DICT which means "say, declare"--Keyword is 10 letter noun meaning: the act of setting apart or state of being set apart for a purpose; a ceremony attending the official opening of something, such as a building
• Answer 13: Master Root is CRED which means "believe, truth"--Keyword is 5 letter noun meaning: any formula or set of beliefs, doctrine or tenet
• Answer 14: Master Root is CRED which means "believe, truth"--Keyword is 11 letter adjective meaning: indicating disbelief or amazement; skeptical; unwilling or disinclined to believe or trust too readily

"Hi, I'm Al Literation, Dean of Fun and Puns at Vocabulary University®.

To see a matrix of all 24 roots to be studied in the 1st quarter CLICK HERE."

To solve Puzzle #4 find the four words from the two roots CRED + DICT meaning "believe, truth" and "say, declare" respectively. The word bank below each puzzle contains the correct answers along with other words from the same root. Type your answers in the boxes INSIDE the puzzle. Use the "SUBMIT" button at the bottom of this page to get immediate feedback of both the correct answers and the use of the words in context.

Rooty*Hoot*Hoot - Puzzle #4 "text"::

• Answer 15: Master Root is CRED which means "believe, truth"--Keyword is 8 letter noun meaning: something establishing acceptance as true or valid; belief; trustworthiness
• Answer 16: Master Root is DIC which means "say, declare"--Keyword is 8 letter verb meaning: to give up or renounce (authority, duties, a high office, etc.) esp. in a voluntary, public or formal manner
• Answer 17: Master Root is CRE which means "believe, truth"--Keyword is 9 letter noun meaning: a person who behaves badly or criminally; a villain; evildoer
• Answer 18: Master Root is DICT which means "say, declare"--Keyword is 12 letter noun meaning: the right, power or authority to administer justice by hearing and determining controversies; control

"Hi, I'm Crossword, the Mascot at Vocabulary University. I like to play, but I am also intellectually curious. Like Cinny Nym, I am offering some synonym HINTS for the words above. Learn the subtle meaning and how to use each synonym in a sentence. Can you find your own antonym for each answer and make a sentence with it?"
For both your writing and reading comprehension, study the meaning and how to use each of these words in a sentence."

• Word #15: synonym = reliance
• Word #16: synonym = resign
• Word #17: synonym = reprobate
• Word #18: synonym = dominion

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