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.
The AGNOSTIC who travels INCOGNITO is a CONNOISSEUR of fine art. With her OLFACTORY senses, she has an INEXPLICABLE talent to detect odors of special oil paint on PLIABLE canvases in a PROFICIENT way. Disreputable dealers are a small FACTION of people who use COMPLICITY to defraud buyers. With the COGNIZANCE that thefts will occur, the CONNOISSEUR will SUPPLICATE approval of the RATIFICATION of a stringent law to stop most illegal traffic.
Still confused about some meanings? See a second contextual story here.
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Puzzle #1
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Rooty*Hoot*Hoot - Puzzle #1 "text" where the master root is PLIC:
Answer 1: PLIC--to fold, bend--Keyword is 10 letter noun‹Association, partnership or involvement in a wrongful act; something unlawful
Answer 2: PLIC--to fold, bend--Keyword is 12 letter adjective--Incapable of being understood; not made clear or intelligible
Answer 3: PLI--to fold, bend--Keyword is 7 letter adjective--Easily bent; flexible; supple; easily influenced or persuaded; adjusting readily
Answer 4: PLIC--to fold, bend--Keyword is 10 letter verb--To make respectful entreaty; to pray humbly; to ask for earnestly; to beseech
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Rooty*Hoot*Hoot - Puzzle #3 "text" where the master root is COGNO-NOT:
Answer 9: COGN--to know--Keyword is 9 letter adjective--With one's identity hidden, unknown, disguised or concealed
Answer 10: GNOS--to know--Keyword is 8 letter noun--A person believing that the existence of God & the essential nature of things are unknowable
Answer 11: COGN--to know--Keyword is 10 letter noun--Awareness or realization; notice; judicial notice taken by a court
Answer 12: CON--to know--Keyword is 12 letter noun--Person esp. competent to pass critical judgments in an art or in matters of taste; a discerning judge of the best in any field
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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