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In this session we will study these roots/cells: SED/SID/SESS, FIN and FER. Do you know what each one means? The following story will help clarify their meanings.

One influential councilman did REFER to the building codes in the RESIDENTIAL area. They did SUPERSEDE those of an industrial section of town. Citizens, who were happy to FERTILIZE their lawns and comply with lighting restrictions, approved of the CONFINEMENT of their neighborhoods. Mayor Adams, however, was not a SEDATE gentleman who would heed the INFERENCE that folks did not support his point of view. In his INFINITE wisdom, he had developed an OBSESSION to build a REFINERY on the CIRCUMFERENCE of the city. After much deliberation, the mayor was forced to accept the FINALITY of the citizen's overwhelming opinion: there would be no REFINERY!

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 SED/SID/SESS:

• Answer 1: SED--sit, be still--Keyword is 6 letter adjective--Undisturbed; calm or quiet; serenely composed in character or manner
• Answer 2: SID--sit, be still--Keyword is 11 letter adjective--Pertaining to the house or place where one lives; characterized by private homes
• Answer 3: SED--sit, be still--Keyword is 9 letter verb--To replace in power, position, function, effectiveness or office; to supplant
• Answer 4: SESS--sit, be still--Keyword is 9 letter noun--Domination of one's thoughts or feelings by a persistent idea, image or desire

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

• Answer 5: FIN--end--Keyword is 8 letter noun that means: "Conclusiveness or decisiveness; something that is an ultimate act or belief."
• Answer 6: FIN--end--Keyword is 8 letter adjective that means: "Unlimited; boundless; endless; immeasurably great."
• Answer 7: FIN--end--Keyword is 8 letter noun that means: "An establishment for bringing something (as petroleum or sugar) to be free from or be separate from impurities."
• Answer 8: FIN--end--Keyword is 11 letter noun that means: "Act of enclosing within bounds; state of being limited or restricted."

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

• Answer 9: FER--bear, carry, yield, bring--Keyword is 5 letter verb--To direct to a person, place for information required; to assign
• Answer 10: FER--bear, carry, yield, bring--Keyword is 9 letter noun--Act of guessing, speculating; process of hinting or suggesting
• Answer 11: FER--bear, carry, yield, bring--Keyword is 9 letter verb--To make productive; to cause the process of initiating biological reproduction
• Answer 12: FER--bear, carry, yield, bring--Keyword is 12 letter noun--Outer boundary, esp. of a circular area; perimeter

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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