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In this session we will study these roots/cells: MISS/MITT, TENS/TEND-TENT and RECT/REG/RIG. Do you know what each one means? The following story will help clarify their meanings.

For OSTENSIBLE reasons, the EMISSARY hoped to RECTIFY a TENUOUS diplomatic situation. Dressed in his OSTENTATIOUS REGALIA, he quelled an INSURRECTION. As a result of his help, fighting was INTERMITTENT and in REMISSION. With the DEMISE of rebellion and the INCORRIGIBLE insurgents, the emissary could finally PORTEND a peaceful time for the troubled country.

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 1 words! Do you want us to POST-IT? See details at the bottom of this puzzle level page."

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

• Answer 1: MIS--send--Keyword is 6 letter noun--Death; the end of existence or operation; termination
• Answer 2: MITT--send--Keyword is 12 letter adjective--Stopping or ceasing for a time; alternately ceasing and beginning again
• Answer 3: MISS--send--Keyword is 9 letter noun--Diminution or abatement of something (a disease); the act of sending money, usually in payment
• Answer 4: MISS--send--Keyword is 8 letter noun--A person sent on a mission to represent or promote the interest(s) of another

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Rooty*Hoot*Hoot - Puzzle #2 "text" where the master root is TEND-TEN(S)-TENT:

• Answer 5: TENS--stretch, reach--Keyword is 10 letter adjective--Outwardly represented or appearing as such (but misleading); seeming; professed
• Answer 6: TEND--stretch, reach--Keyword is 7 letter verb--To indicate in advance (as an omen); to presage or foreshadow
• Answer 7: TEN--stretch, reach--Keyword is 7 letter adjective--Lacking a sound basis; unsubstantiated; weak; flimsy; thin, slight or slender in form
• Answer 8: TENT--stretch, reach--Keyword is 12 letter adjective--Characterized by pretentious show in an attempt to impress; excessively conspicuous

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Rooty*Hoot*Hoot - Puzzle #3 "text" where the master root is MAGN/MICRO/MINUT:

• Answer 9: RECT--rule, right--Keyword is 7 letter verb--To put, make or set right; to remedy; to correct by calculation or adjustment
• Answer 10: REG--rule, right--Keyword is 7 letter noun--Fancy or dressy clothing; ceremonial clothes, insignia or decoration of an office or order
• Answer 11: RECT--rule, right--Keyword is 12 letter noun--Act or instance of rising in arms or open rebellion against an established government or authority
• Answer 12: RIG--rule, right--Keyword is 12 letter adjective--Bad; incapable of being reformed; uncontrollable; unruly

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