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1) -ARIUM
Directions: Vocabulary.com includes these SUFFIXES as a part of your Root-A-Week program! Suffixes modify and extend meaning. Use 9 suffix puzzles at grade level for each of these 9 "important" suffixes. (The grade level for each word using a suffix is noted.)
Study these suffixes: -able, -ance, -arium, -hood, -ian, -ity , -less, -ology, -phobia
 
Clue:
Directions:
  • 1. Determine the meanings of each suffix and study the words in the word bank.
  • 2. Solve the puzzle by using the definition and part of speech clues. Put your answers INSIDE the boxes.
  • 3. At the bottom of the last puzzle, click " SUBMIT" to get all correct answers and the use of each word in a sentence.
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    WordBank: Alphabetical list and grade level of "-ARIUM" or "-ORIUM" words.
    Aquarium - , Auditorium - , Crematorium - , Planetarium - , Sanitarium - , Solarium - , Terrarium -
    Suffix -ARIUM means "a place for."
     
     
    -ARIUM
     
    1)  An enclosed container for growing and displaying live animals or plants (noun)
    		  
    2)  Glass-sided tank where water animals are kept; building where fish are exhibited (noun)
    		  
     
    3)  A furnace for reducing a body to ashes by burning, especially for funeral rites (noun)
    		  
    4)  A space set apart in a theater, school, hall or other public building (noun)