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In this session we will study these roots/cells: DICT/DIC/DIT, VEN/VENT and DUCT/DUC. Do you know what each one means? The following story will help clarify their meanings.

After the fall of the DICTATORSHIP, the populace welcomed home the duke and DUCHESS in an EVENTFUL series of celebrations. The citizens wanted a PRODUCTIVE rule. They could DEDUCE that with a CONVENTIONAL reign, their rulers would DEDICATE themselves to the PREVENTION of atrocities. The AQUEDUCT could be rebuilt and VENTURESOME individuals would have the freedom to create new solutions to old problems. There was no CONTRADICTORY evidence to suggest that these occurrences wouldn't happen. In fact, a sage had made a PREDICTION that the couple would rule successfully.

Type in and submit the 12 answers to the Rooty*Hoot*Hoot® brand puzzles in the boxes INSIDE the puzzle. You will get immediate feedback in the form of the correct answers and the use of the words in context. Other helpful hints (synonyms & antonyms and a word bank menu) will assist in your personal vocabulary acquisition. Create your own personal "vocabulary-word" story using these Level 2 words!"

Rooty*Hoot*Hoot - Puzzle #1 "text" where the master root is DICT:

• Answer 1: DIC--speak, declare--Keyword is 8 letter verb--To set apart or consecrate for a deity or sacred purpose; to devote wholly to some action
• Answer 2: DICT--speak, declare--Keyword is 13 letter adjective--Inclined to declare or speak against; involving the expression of the opposite opinion
• Answer 3: DICT--speak, declare--Keyword is 10 letter noun--Something that foretells the future; a prophecy; the act of declaring or telling in advance
• Answer 4: DICT--speak, declare--Keyword is 12 letter noun--A country or form of government in which absolute power is exercised by an imperious ruler

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Rooty*Hoot*Hoot - Puzzle #2 "text" where the master root is VENT:

• Answer 5: VENT--come--Keyword is 12 letter adjective--Conforming or adhering to accepted standards, as of conduct or taste
• Answer 6: VENT--come--Keyword is 8 letter adjective--Full of incidents or important occurrences, esp. of a striking character
• Answer 7: VENT--come--Keyword is 11 letter adjective--Having or showing a disposition to undertake something involving uncertainty or risk
• Answer 8: VENT--come--Keyword is 10 letter noun--The act of stopping or keeping something from happening

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Rooty*Hoot*Hoot - Puzzle #3 "text" where the master root is DUCT:

• Answer 9: DUCT--lead--Keyword is 8 letter noun--Artificial channel for conducting water over a distance from a remote site
• Answer 10: DUC--lead--Keyword is 6 letter verb--To infer; to derive as a conclusion from something known or assumed
• Answer 11: DUC--lead--Keyword is 7 letter noun--The wife or widow of a duke; a woman who holds the title of duke in her own right
• Answer 12: DUCT--lead--Keyword is 10 letter adjective--Capable of creating by mental or physical effort; fertile; fruitful; yielding favorable results

The word definitions in these puzzles are used with the permission of Random House Inc. and most come from their "Random House Webster's College Dictionary".

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