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Puzzle #1

Rooty*Hoot*Hoot® - Puzzle #1 "text" where you have to determine a synonym AND antonym for each feature word:

Answer 1:--7 letter verb that is a synonym of DISCOVERY with the hint letters of " _ _ T E _ _ ":
Answer 2:--8 letter verb that is a antonym of DISCOVERY with the hint letters of " C _ _ C _ A _ "
Answer 3:--8 letter noun that is a synonym of PAY DIRT with the hint letters of " _ _ N A N _ _ "
Answer 4:--9 letter noun that is a antonym of PAY DIRT with the hint letters of " B _ _ T "
Answer 5:--12 letter noun that is a synonym of HIGRADING with the hint letters of " D _ _ _ i _ E "
Answer 6:--7 letter noun that is a antonym of HIGRADING with the hint letters of " _ S S _ R _ "

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In the list below are 20 possible synonyms & antonyms for the 3 Gold Rush Feature Words. 6 are the correct answers for the puzzle above.

affront, assist, assure, bonanza, boon, botch, bust, conceal, cover, deceive, detect, disguise, doubt, expose, falsify, fortune, malady, prevaricate, reveal and verify.

Puzzle #2 - Directions

Rooty*Hoot*Hoot® - Puzzle #2 "text" where you have to determine the key words, plus the root, root meaning and proper definition of NUGGET:

Answer 7:--what is a 4 letter noun that comes from the Latin root VEHERE meaning "to carry" and whose definition is "a seam of mineral through a rock of a different formation"?:

Answer 8:--what is a 5 letter noun that comes from the Latin root CLAMARE meaning "to call out" and whose definition is "a demand for something supposedly due, esp. a piece of land appropriated by a miner or other"?:

Answer 9:--what is a 4 letter noun that comes from the Old English root LAD meaning "a course" and whose definition is "a seamlike deposit containing metallic ore; a rich supply or source"?:

Answer 10:--The Keyword is NUGGET--What is the root of NUGGET?:

Answer 11:--The Keyword is NUGGET--What is the meaning of the root for NUGGET?:

Answer 12:--nugget-- Choose the letter that gives the best definition for the word NUGGET:
- A - a lump or mass of metal, esp. gold;
- B - a kernel of a nut, core;
- C - a yellow water-lilly of Persian decent;
- D - a large species of antelope with the male skin of bluish color.
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The list below contains a multitude of "gold rush" words that Cathie Mendenhall and her friends in Nevada City, CA assembled. The words should stimulate your intellectual curiosity about that exciting period of time 150 years ago in California history. Thank you, Cathie! You can email your thoughts (and, if you wish, other word contributions) to Cathie and her class at Deer Creek School -- mendenhall_c@ncsd.k12.ca.us. mendenhall_c@ncsd.k12.ca.us
- adventurine, amalgam, argonauts, assay, auction, audit, AU, Coloma, carbide, Cornish pasty & Cornish pump, coyote whim, cradle, forty-niner, goldbricker, headframe, hydralic mining, long tom, mercury-element, Mexican rastra, monitor, mucking, narrow gauge, NCNGRR, ore cart, pan, placer mining, quartz, rocker & cradle, shaft, skip, sluice box, stamp mill, stope, tailings, timberling and tommyknocker.
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