• Answer 1:--a 7 letter verb that comes from the Latin root PLAUD meaning "to clap, applaud"; definition is "to erupt energetically; to burst violently; to expand with a force and noise through rapid chemical change, as gunpowder".
• Answer 2:--a 9 letter noun that comes from the Latin root CRESC meaning "rise, grow"; definition is "a gradual increase in loudness (in a musical passage); steady increase in force or intensity; the peak".
• Answer 3:--a 12 letter noun that comes from the Latin prefix PYRO meaning "fire"; definition is "the art of making fireworks; a display of fireworks".
• Answer 4:--a 10 letter noun that comes from the Latin root TONARE meaning "to thunder"; definition is "an explosion; the act of exploding or causing to explode with sudden violence".

PUZZLE #1 - Rooty*Hoot*Hoot® - Answer Sheet.

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"Hi, I'm Cinny Nym, Dean of Faculty at Vocabulary University."

In the list of 49 holiday/fireworks/patriotism words below, 4 are the correct answers for the puzzle #1 above.

• adventure, ancestors, anniversary, ardent, artillery, celebrate, citizenship, colony, commemorate, conspicious, constitution, crescendo, declaration, decoration, detonation, ebullient, emotional, endure, explode, fabulous, festival, flag, forefathers, freedom, grandeur, heritage, holiday, immortality, inalienable, independence, legendary, memorial, parade, patriotism, perennial, picnic, plebiscite, preamble, preservation, proclamation, pyrotechnics, republic, revolutionary, sacrifices, secede, stunning, territory, tribute, visionary

Puzzle #2 - Fireworks & July 4th Puzzles

• Answer 5:--a 12 letter noun that comes from the Latin root PEND meaning "to hang, pay"; definition is "state of thinking or acting for oneself; not being influenced or controlled by others; not contingent on something else".
• Answer 6:--an 11 letter adjective that comes from the Latin root ALIUS meaning "other"; definition is "not transferable to another; not capable of being repudiated".
• Answer 7:--a 12 letter noun that comes from the Latin root CLAMARE meaning "to shout"; definition is "a public and official announcement; something that is declared in an open and ostentatious way".
• Answer 8:--a 13 letter adjective that comes from the Latin root VOLVO meaning "to roll, turn"; definition is "sudden, complete or radical change in something; pertaining to a complete and forcible overthrow".

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

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"Hi, I'm Dick Shinary, Chancellor of Literacy at Vocabulary University.

In Cinny's list of 49 holiday/fireworks/patriotism words above, four words are the correct answers for the puzzle #2 above.
Also of interest: The words "constitution" and "republic" are surprisingly similar in five other languages.

• French: constitution and republique
• Spanish: constiticion and republica
• Italian: constituzione and repubblica
• Yiddish: konstitutsye and republik
• German: Konstitution and Republik
• English: constitution and republic

Rooty*Hoot*Hoot - Puzzle #3 "text" where all 4 Holiday/Fireworks words relate to the results that guided the nation:

• Answer 9:--a 10 letter noun that comes from the Latin root PATER meaning "father"; definition is "a devoted love, support and defense of one's country; national loyalty".
• Answer 10:--an 8 letter noun that comes from the Latin roots RES & PUBLICA meaning "a free state; public affairs"; definition is "a state in which the supreme power rests in the body of citizens entitled to vote; a place where the head of the government is not a monarch; ".
• Answer 11:--a 6 letter noun that comes from the Latin root COLERE meaning "to inhabit"; definition is "a group of people that leaves one's native country to form in a new settlement under the parent nation".
• Answer 12:--a 12 letter noun that comes from the Latin root STA meaning "set up, stand"; definition is "a way in which a thing is composed, set up, or established; a system of fundamental laws and principles that limits a government".

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

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"Hi, I'm Crossword, the Mascot at Vocabulary University.

In the list of 49 holiday/fireworks/patriotism words below, 4 are the correct answers for the puzzle #3 above. Also find great links on the Web to the three important documents to the founding and development of the United States of America.

• adventure, ancestors, anniversary, ardent, artillery, celebrate, citizenship, colony, commemorate, conspicious, constitution, crescendo, declaration, decoration, detonation, ebullient, emotional, endure, explode, fabulous, festival, flag, forefathers, freedom, grandeur, heritage, holiday, immortality, inalienable, independence, legendary, memorial, parade, patriotism, perennial, picnic, plebiscite, preamble, preservation, proclamation, pyrotechnics, republic, revolutionary, sacrifices, secede, stunning, territory, tribute, visionary

• Declaration of Independence
  http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/
• Bill of Rights
  http://www.archives.gov/exhibit_hall/charters_of_freedom/bill_of_rights/bill_of_rights.html
• The Fereralist Papers
  http://www.foundingfathers.info/federalistpapers/
• Fourth of July Celebration in History
  http://www.american.edu/heintze/fourth.htm
  Researched, compiled and arranged by James R. Heintze

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