In this session we will study three roots/cells: PLIC, FAC-FIC and COGN-NOT. Do you know what each one means? (PLIC = fold, bend; FAC-FIC = make, do; COGN-NOT = know) The following story will further clarify the meanings of these new words.
Dan's ACCOMPLICES are the PERSONIFICATION of the NOTORIOUS Boxer Brother gang. SUFFICE it to say, their crimes never PERPLEX police and are very NOTICEABLE. They have been IMPLICATED in offenses that are a REPLICA of the worse examples of inhumanity. Nothing is SUPERFICIAL about their intentions. A psychiatrist made his DIAGNOSIS and pleaded for officers not to be duped by their FACADE of innocence. He did PROGNOSTICATE that their crimes would escalate.
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Puzzle #1
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Rooty*Hoot*Hoot - Puzzle #1 "text" where the master root is PLIC-PLEX:
Answer 1: PLEX--fold, bend--Keyword is 9 letter verb (past tense)--Caused to be puzzled or bewildered over what was not understood or certain; hampered with complication or confusion
Answer 2: PLIC--fold, bend--Keyword is 10 letter noun--A person who knowingly helps another person in a crime or wrongdoing
Answer 3: PLIC--fold, bend--Keyword is 7 letter noun--Any close copy or reproduction of a work of art produced or supervised
Answer 4: PLIC--fold, bend--Keyword is 9 letter verb--To involve, usually in an incriminating manner or way
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Rooty*Hoot*Hoot - Puzzle #2 "text" where the master root is FAC-FIC:
Answer 5: FIC--make or do--Keyword is 7 letter verb--To be enough or adequate, as for needs or purposes; to satisfy
Answer 6: FAC--make or do--Keyword is 6 letter noun--A superficial appearance or illusion; the front of a building, esp. an imposing or decorative one, facing a public way or space
Answer 7: FIC--make or do--Keyword is 15 letter noun--Attribution of a human nature or character to inanimate objects or abstract notions; an embodiment
Answer 8: FIC--make or do--Keyword is 11 letter adjective--Being at, on or near the surface; apparent rather than real; shallow; not profound or thorough
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Rooty*Hoot*Hoot - Puzzle #3 "text" where the master root is COGN-NOT:
Answer 9: GNO--know--Keyword is 9 letter adjective--Keyword is 9 letter noun--An analysis of the cause or nature of a problem or situation; an answer or solution to a problematic situation
Answer 10: NOT--know--Keyword is 10 letter adjective--Attracting attention; capable of being noteworthy; deserving of acknowledgement
Answer 11: NOT--know--Keyword is 9 letter adjective--Widely and unfavorably known; famous in a negative manner
Answer 12: GNO--know--Keyword is 13 letter verb--To forecast from present signs or indications; to foreshadow; to predict
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