Crossword Puzzle

Unit I

Lesson 1

Latin Prefixes co-, con(and their assimilated forms) = “with, together, very”

Crossword Puzzle Directions: Read the clues and use the word bank below to solve the crossword puzzle.

Across

1

2. to force someone to do something

2

3. to assemble or meet; to come together as at the beginning of a meeting

3

6. hold together; keep within limits; include

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5

7. to restrict to a closed or limited space 6

Down 1. to consult with another; to meet and talk with

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4. expressed in very few words; succinct 5. to twist out of shape; to misrepresent 6. festive; enjoying people’s company 7. to put things together and build

contain contort convivial

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Word Bank compel construct confine

confer concise convene

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Unit I

Lesson 2

Latin Prefix ad- (and its assimilated forms) = “to, toward, add to”


Across

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2

1. an attachment or accessory; a subordinate body part

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3. to guide or give counsel to someone; to recommend 4. to influence or to change something; to have an effect upon 5. to allow someone to enter; to acknowledge or confess to something 6. a natural liking or attraction; also, relationship by marriage

4 5

Down 6

1. a part of a book placed at or near the end with supplementary material 2. an undertaking with uncertain outcome; an event that involves surprise or risk 4. to draw or pull to or toward oneself; to draw by appeal; to entice 5. to concur; to agree to a proposal


appendix adventure assent

Word Bank appendage attract affect

advise affinity admit


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Unit I

Lesson 3 Greek Prefix hyper- and Latin Prefix super- = “above, over”; Greek Prefix hypo- and Latin Prefix sub- = “under, below”


Across 1. satiety; state of being overfed (see hint from 8 Across)

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2

2. low intake of oxygen 3. under the surface of the earth

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6. of higher quality; also, one of the Great Lakes

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7. one who puts on a false front of virtue

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Down 1. haughty, arrogant, condescending; looking down on others 3. to overcome obstacles or great odds (hint: this word begins with the French form of the prefix: sur-)

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4. rhetorical exaggeration or overstatement 5. penetrating beneath the skin

hypodermic hypocrite supercilious


Word Bank subterranean hyperbole surfeit

surmount superior hypoxia


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Unit I

Lesson 4

Greek Prefix peri- and Latin Prefix circum- = “around”


Across 1. a row or range of columns surrounding a building or monument 2. to bypass an obstacle or hindrance; also, to outsmart an opponent

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2

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4. a round of time; a punctuation mark at the end of a sentence 6. to flow without obstruction (like blood in veins); to get around socially and mix with people

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8. in the shape of a ring or a circle; also, an advertisement mailed to many people

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Down 1. the outer edge of an area; margin 3. the measurement or outer edge of a circle 5. itinerant; walking around 7. the point in the moon’s orbit at which it is closest to the Earth


circulate circular peristyle

Word Bank period peripatetic periphery

circumference circumvent perigee


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Unit I

Lesson 5

Latin Suffixes -ment = “thing or object” and -itude = “state or quality”


Across 2. state of decay; state or quality of being decrepit 3. loneliness, isolation; the state of being alone

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2

5. state of being quiet and at rest

3

8. an apartment building or housing complex (usually crowded or run down)

4 5

9. a formal decision or verdict uttered by a court or judge

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Down

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1. likeness to truth in a fictional story; plausibility in fiction 4. one’s stance; one’s feeling about something 6. angular distance (on the Earth’s globe) east or west of a meridian

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7. a portion cut off from the whole; the finite part of line

attitude tenement decrepitude


Word Bank segment longitude verisimilitude

judgment solitude quietude


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Unit II

Lesson 6

Latin Bases dic, dict = “say, speak, tell”


Across 1. a prayer of blessing offered at the end of a worship service

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2

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3. state of being given to a habit that is especially difficult to break

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6. to go against what has been spoken

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7. to foretell the future 7

9. to renounce; to give up a position of power

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Down 2. a book of the words spoken in a language and their definitions

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4. a formally pronounced public degree 5. to charge with a crime 8. formally expressed speech; word choice 10. an absolute ruler; a tyrant

benediction predict abdicate diction


Word Bank dictator dictionary contradict edict

indict addiction


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Unit II

Lesson 7

Latin Bases flu, flux, fluct = “flow”

Crossword Puzzle Directions: Read the clues and use the word bank below to solve the crossword puzzle. 1

Across 2. wealthy; having a good cash flow

2

5. the point at which rivers or streams converge or flow together

3

4 5

8. an unstable situation in which things change

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7

9. a chimney vent for proper air flow 8

10. to have an effect on; to modify Down

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1. sweetly flowing, like honey 3. speaking words with such facility that they flow smoothly

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4. excessive and unnecessary 6. liquid sewage that flows out of a sewer pipe 7. a highly contagious disease

fluent flu influence mellifluous


Word Bank superfluous flue affluent flux

effluvium confluence


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Unit II

Lesson 8

Latin Bases sequ, secut = “follow”


Across 2. a cult or religious following 5. a result that follows along with a cause

2

7. an installment of a book or film that follows an earlier plot or storyline 8. to institute legal proceedings by going after a criminal

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6

Down 1. fawning, submissive 2. a constant order in which listed items follow one another in succession 3. high-level officer responsible for implementing an organization’s mission

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4. to harass on a consistent basis 6. a statement or conclusion that makes no sense

obsequious consequence sequence sect


Word Bank persecute prosecute non sequitur

executive sequel

(you will write this as one word in the puzzle)


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Unit II

Lesson 9

Latin Bases fid, fidel = “faith, trust”


Across 3. traditional name for a loyal dog

2

4. assurance, self-reliance

3

6. treachery; an act that breaks faith or trust 8. lacking self-confidence 4

10. a name given to one who does not accept a particular faith (such as Christianity or Islam)

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Down 8

1. someone with whom a trust or secret is shared 2. to entrust; to show confidence by imparting secrets

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5. a person or institution to whom money or property is entrusted 7. loyalty; faithfulness to others 9. Spanish name for a loyal and faithful son fiduciary diffident infidel Fidel


Word Bank confidant fidelity perfidy confide

Fido confidence


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Unit II

Lesson 10

Latin Base equ = “equal, even, fair”


Across 2. sameness; the state of being equal among different entities 3. of equal worth or value 2

5. to make equal; to treat as equal 7. line on the globe that divides Earth into two equal portions, north and south

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4

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Down

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1. property held by a shareholder; as an abstract noun, this word means “fairness” 2

at an equal distance from

3. formula that declares one quantity or state equal to another 4. balance

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5. having sides of equal length 6. period when day and night are equal across the Earth

equidistant equation equate equilibrium


Word Bank equinox equality equity equator

equivalent equilateral


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Unit III Lesson 11

Latin Bases corp, corpor = “body” and anim = “soul, mind, breath of life”


Across

1

5. a living creature that moves and breathes; a mammal

2

7. an organization such as a business

3

8. a dead body Down 1. to integrate with the whole 2. cowardly and timid 4

3. stocky; having a large or bulky body

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4. active and open enmity; hostility 6. not allowed with the breath of life or with sensation

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8

corpulent corporation animal


Word Bank incorporate animosity corpse

pusillanimous inanimate


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Unit III Lesson 12

Latin Bases urb = “city” and agr, agrar = “land”


Across 2. environmental travel 6. a measured unit of land

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3

7. pertaining to the suburbs 8. soil-manager

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9. pertaining to the city Down

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1. elegance, refinement, sophistication 3. between cities; connecting cities 7

4. aimless wandering 5. an area lying beyond the city and suburb, associated with wealthy land-owners

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6. pertaining to farming and living on the land 9

acre suburban urbanity agrarian


Word Bank agritourism exurb interurban peregrination

urban agronomist


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Unit III Lesson 13

Latin Bases carn = “flesh, meat” and sang, sanguin = “blood”


Across

1

2. meat-eating 3. assuming a human form “in the flesh” 5. cruel, bloodthirsty; marked by bloodshed

2

3

4

7. confident, optimistic, cheerful 8. a celebration marked by revelry; originally, festivities preceding a meat-free fast

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Down 7

1. animalistic 4. to bleed; to drain of blood 5. a type of deep-red wine 6. a type of (originally) fleshcolored flower

8

carnal carnival sanguinary


Word Bank sangria sanguine carnivorous

incarnate carnation exsanguinate


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Unit III Lesson 14

Latin Bases clam, claim = “shout, cry, call” and tacit, tic = “silent, unspoken”


Across

2

1. unspoken, implicit 3. to announce publicly; to issue an edict 5. silent; keeping silent and refusing to divulge 3

7. the delivery (of a speech) in a rhetorical manner 8. a loud cry, especially as raised by a group in protest or approval

4

9. to renounce or waive responsibility

5

Down 1. silent by temperament or disposition

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2. a cry of approval; a consensus or agreement 4. to shout; to make a sudden cry of surprise 6. to demand back

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9

exclaim declamation clamor reclaim


Word Bank disclaim taciturn acclamation reticent

tacit proclaim


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Unit III Lesson 15

Latin Bases frag, frang, fract = “break, broken” and integr = “whole, entire”


Across

2

5. a crack or partial break

3

7. a partial or “broken” number 8. plants (such as herbs) that grow in the crevices of broken rocks 9. to trespass or encroach; to break in on someone’s property

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Down

6

1. a falling apart; the crumbling or dissolution of something that was originally whole

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2. breakable; easily crumbling 3. honesty, soundness, and “wholeness” of character 4. to break into several pieces or portions

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6. reincorporate; place back into the whole group 9

fracture disintegration integrity


Word Bank reintegrate infringe diffract

fraction frangible saxifrage


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Unit III Lesson 16

Greek Bases phil(o), phile = “love, friend” and mis(o) = “hate”


Across

2

2. a person who hates mankind 6. a person who suffers from non-clotting blood 9. an academic discipline, motivated by love of words Down

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4

1. to carouse or flirt 3. the hatred of marriage

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4. a lover and collector of books

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5. a deep and serious thinker

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7. the hatred of women

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8. a love potion; an aphrodisiac 9

philander philology misogyny


Word Bank hemophiliac misanthrope philosopher

misogamy philter bibliophile


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Unit III Lesson 17

Greek Bases gen, genit, gener = “produce, give birth” and techn(o) = “skill, craft, specialty”


Across 3. cordial, cheerful

2 3

6. the scientific study of genes; consisting of or pertaining to genes 4

7. distinctive skill, craft, or style with which one performs a task 8. to deteriorate; to decline in condition or quality 9. offspring

5 6

Down 1. native to and born within a particular area 2. branch of knowledge dealing with industrial arts and specialized skills

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4. broad classification of literary categories 5. insincere; dishonest

9

progeny technology genre


Word Bank indigenous degenerate genial

technique disingenuous genetics


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Unit III Lesson 18

Greek Bases andr(o) = “man, male” and gyn(o), gynec(o) = “woman, female”


Across

1

1. a society in which women are the rulers 2. marriage to several wives at a time 2

4. a science-fiction character that looks like a human, oftentimes in male form

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4

8. exhibiting male and female characteristics in the same body

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6 7

9. substance that produces male characteristics in the body (such as testosterone)

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Down 1. fear of women 3. medical specialization in women and their diseases 5. centered on the male; male focused

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6. hatred of women 7. name that means “manly, courageous”

androgynous polygyny androcentric androgen


Word Bank gynocracy gynophobia android gynecology

misogyny Andrew


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Unit III Lesson 19

Greek Bases crypt(o), cryph = “hide, conceal, secret” and phan, phen, phas = “show, appear, seem”


Across 1. a writing or message in secret code 3. translucent; allowing light to pass through 5. a sudden revelation or wondrous appearance; a dawning on someone

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4 5

7. secret; expressed in words that few understood Down 2. spurious, false, not true 4. a daydream or imaginary vision 5. expressed in clear and certain terms

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6. a burial vault in which a body is concealed

epiphany cryptogram fantasy


Word Bank diaphanous crypt cryptic

apocryphal emphatic


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Unit III Lesson 20

Greek Bases cardi(o) = “heart” and psych(o) = “mind, soul”


Across 3. discipline that studies the mind; the science of mind and behavior 8. inflammation of the pericardium

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4

Down

5 6

1. pertaining to the mind or other extrasensory perceptions 2. caused by, originating in, or produced in the mind 4. a person who suffers from dangerous and severe mental illness

7 8

5. a practitioner of psychiatry 6. pertaining to the heart as a biological organ 7. medical specialty that studies the heart

psychic cardiology psychology


Word Bank psychiatrist psychogenic cardiac

psychopath pericarditis


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