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In this session we will study these roots/cells: GRAD, MOT and CAS/CID. Do you know what each one means? (GRAD = step, walk, degree; MOT = move; CAS/CID = fall, sink) The following story will further clarify the meanings of these new words.

Work needed to be completed on the GRADIENT of a square in Japan. With the MOMENTUM of the MOBILIZATION of several trucks, OCCIDENTAL citizens despaired of the DEMOLITION of several DECIDUOUS trees. They had wanted a charming MOTIF for the property. People were also nervous about the landscape workers who had been released from prison. They had reason to fear RECIDIVISM because of a serious TRANSGRESSION earlier in the week. They wanted skilled, professional workers, not former inmates who might show REGRESSIVE behavior in this job. Skilled workers could not be subjected to DEGRADATION for an inferior job nor would they get a DEMOTION if their work were imperfect.
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PUZZLE #1 - Rooty*Hoot*Hoot® - Answer Sheet. For this puzzle read the text below. Then, type your answers starting at the "Answer 1."

Word Bank Menu -includes correct answers regressive gradienter ingredient transgression gradin congressman centigrade gressorial digress gradually degradation aggression progressive gradient graduation retrogress

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

• Answer 1: GRESS--step, degree, walk--Keyword is 10 letter adjective--Going back to a previous state or place; decreasing in proportion to the increase in something else.
• Answer 2: GRAD--step, degree, walk--Keyword is 8 letter noun--Degree of inclination of a highway, railroad, etc. or the rate of ascent or descent of a stream or river.
• Answer 3: GRAD--step, degree, walk--Keyword is 11 letter noun--Decline to a low, destitute or demoralized state; moral or intellectual decadence.
• Answer 4: GRESS--step, degree, walk--Keyword is 13 letter noun--The act of infringing, violating or breaking a law, command or duty; a sin.

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Puzzle #2 - Directions

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

Word Bank Menu -includes correct answers emotional momentarily promotion removal motif muntineer momentum momentous unmovable remote motivate demotion mobilization commotion mutiny motile motorcade

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

• Answer 5: MOT--to move--Keyword is 5 letter noun meaning: Usually distinctive and recurring subject, theme or idea, esp. in literary, artistic or musical works.
• Answer 6: MO--to move--Keyword is 8 letter noun meaning: The product of a body's mass and linear velocity; impetus resulting from movement.
• Answer 7: MOB--to move--Keyword is 12 letter noun meaning: Act of assembling (armed forces) into readiness for active service.
• Answer 8: MOT--to move--Keyword is 8 letter noun meaning: Reduction to a lower grade, rank or less important position.

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Puzzle #3 - Directions

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

Word Bank Menu -includes correct answers accidentally decadent occasional occidental cadenza cadaver deciduous cascade casuistry recidivism incidence parachute casualty cadence coincidence escheat

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

• Answer 9: CID--to fall, sink--Keyword is 10 letter noun--Repeated or habitual relapse into a previous mode of behavior (criminal)
• Answer 10: CAD--to fall, sink--Keyword is 8 letter adjective--Marked by decline, decay or deterioration; given to moral degeneration.
• Answer 11: CID--to fall, sink--Keyword is 9 letter adjective--Shedding the leaves annually (certain trees and shrubs); falling off at a particular season, stage or growth (leaves, horns, teeth).
• Answer 12: CID--to fall, sink--Keyword is 10 letter adjective--Western; the characteristics of people born in the countries of Europe and the Americas.

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