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
4
5
7. to restrict to a closed or
limited space
6
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1. to consult with another; to
meet and talk with
7
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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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”
Crossword Puzzle
Directions: Read the clues and use the word bank below to solve the crossword puzzle.
Across
1
2
1. an attachment or accessory;
a subordinate body part
3
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
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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”
Crossword Puzzle
Directions: Read the clues and use the word bank below to solve the crossword puzzle.
Across
1. satiety; state of being
overfed (see hint from 8
Across)
1
2
2. low intake of oxygen
3. under the surface of the
earth
3
6. of higher quality; also, one
of the Great Lakes
4
7. one who puts on a false
front of virtue
5
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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-)
6
7
4. rhetorical exaggeration or
overstatement
5. penetrating beneath the
skin
hypodermic
hypocrite
supercilious
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subterranean
hyperbole
surfeit
surmount
superior
hypoxia
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Unit I
Lesson 4
Greek Prefix peri- and Latin Prefix circum- = “around”
Crossword Puzzle
Directions: Read the clues and use the word bank below to solve the crossword puzzle.
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
1
2
3
4
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
5
6
7
8. in the shape of a ring
or a circle; also, an
advertisement mailed to
many people
8
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
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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”
Crossword Puzzle
Directions: Read the clues and use the word bank below to solve the crossword puzzle.
Across
2. state of decay; state or
quality of being decrepit
3. loneliness, isolation; the
state of being alone
1
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
6
Down
7
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
8
9
7. a portion cut off from the
whole; the finite part of line
attitude
tenement
decrepitude
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segment
longitude
verisimilitude
judgment
solitude
quietude
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Unit II
Lesson 6
Latin Bases dic, dict = “say, speak, tell”
Crossword Puzzle
Directions: Read the clues and use the word bank below to solve the crossword puzzle.
Across
1. a prayer of blessing offered
at the end of a worship
service
1
2
3
4
3. state of being given to a
habit that is especially
difficult to break
5
6. to go against what has been
spoken
6
7. to foretell the future
7
9. to renounce; to give up a
position of power
8
Down
2. a book of the words spoken
in a language and their
definitions
9
10
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
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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
6
7
9. a chimney vent for proper
air flow
8
10. to have an effect on; to
modify
Down
9
1. sweetly flowing, like honey
3. speaking words with such
facility that they flow
smoothly
10
4. excessive and unnecessary
6. liquid sewage that flows out
of a sewer pipe
7. a highly contagious disease
fluent
flu
influence
mellifluous
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superfluous
flue
affluent
flux
effluvium
confluence
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Unit II
Lesson 8
Latin Bases sequ, secut = “follow”
Crossword Puzzle
Directions: Read the clues and use the word bank below to solve the crossword puzzle.
1
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
3
4
5
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
7
8
4. to harass on a consistent
basis
6. a statement or conclusion
that makes no sense
obsequious
consequence
sequence
sect
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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”
Crossword Puzzle
Directions: Read the clues and use the word bank below to solve the crossword puzzle.
1
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)
5
6
7
Down
8
1. someone with whom a trust
or secret is shared
2. to entrust; to show
confidence by imparting
secrets
9
10
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
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confidant
fidelity
perfidy
confide
Fido
confidence
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Unit II
Lesson 10
Latin Base equ = “equal, even, fair”
Crossword Puzzle
Directions: Read the clues and use the word bank below to solve the crossword puzzle.
1
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
3
4
5
Down
6
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
7
5. having sides of equal length
6. period when day and night
are equal across the Earth
equidistant
equation
equate
equilibrium
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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”
Crossword Puzzle
Directions: Read the clues and use the word bank below to solve the crossword puzzle.
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
5
6
4. active and open enmity;
hostility
6. not allowed with the breath
of life or with sensation
7
8
corpulent
corporation
animal
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incorporate
animosity
corpse
pusillanimous
inanimate
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Unit III Lesson 12
Latin Bases urb = “city” and agr, agrar = “land”
Crossword Puzzle
Directions: Read the clues and use the word bank below to solve the crossword puzzle.
Across
2. environmental travel
6. a measured unit of land
1
2
3
7. pertaining to the suburbs
8. soil-manager
4
9. pertaining to the city
Down
5
6
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
8
6. pertaining to farming and
living on the land
9
acre
suburban
urbanity
agrarian
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agritourism
exurb
interurban
peregrination
urban
agronomist
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Unit III Lesson 13
Latin Bases carn = “flesh, meat”
and sang, sanguin = “blood”
Crossword Puzzle
Directions: Read the clues and use the word bank below to solve the crossword puzzle.
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
5
6
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
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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”
Crossword Puzzle
Directions: Read the clues and use the word bank below to solve the crossword puzzle.
1
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
6
7
2. a cry of approval; a
consensus or agreement
4. to shout; to make a sudden
cry of surprise
6. to demand back
8
9
exclaim
declamation
clamor
reclaim
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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”
Crossword Puzzle
Directions: Read the clues and use the word bank below to solve the crossword puzzle.
1
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
4
5
Down
6
1. a falling apart; the
crumbling or dissolution
of something that was
originally whole
7
2. breakable; easily crumbling
3. honesty, soundness, and
“wholeness” of character
4. to break into several pieces
or portions
8
6. reincorporate; place back
into the whole group
9
fracture
disintegration
integrity
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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”
Crossword Puzzle
Directions: Read the clues and use the word bank below to solve the crossword puzzle.
1
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
3
4
1. to carouse or flirt
3. the hatred of marriage
5
4. a lover and collector of
books
6
5. a deep and serious thinker
7
7. the hatred of women
8
8. a love potion; an
aphrodisiac
9
philander
philology
misogyny
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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”
Crossword Puzzle
Directions: Read the clues and use the word bank below to solve the crossword puzzle.
1
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
7
8
4. broad classification of
literary categories
5. insincere; dishonest
9
progeny
technology
genre
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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”
Crossword Puzzle
Directions: Read the clues and use the word bank below to solve the crossword puzzle.
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
3
4
8. exhibiting male and female
characteristics in the same
body
5
6
7
9. substance that produces
male characteristics in the
body (such as testosterone)
8
Down
1. fear of women
3. medical specialization in
women and their diseases
5. centered on the male; male
focused
9
6. hatred of women
7. name that means “manly,
courageous”
androgynous
polygyny
androcentric
androgen
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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”
Crossword Puzzle
Directions: Read the clues and use the word bank below to solve the crossword puzzle.
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
1
2
3
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
6
7
6. a burial vault in which a
body is concealed
epiphany
cryptogram
fantasy
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diaphanous
crypt
cryptic
apocryphal
emphatic
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Unit III Lesson 20
Greek Bases cardi(o) = “heart”
and psych(o) = “mind, soul”
Crossword Puzzle
Directions: Read the clues and use the word bank below to solve the crossword puzzle.
1
Across
3. discipline that studies the
mind; the science of mind
and behavior
8. inflammation of the
pericardium
2
3
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
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psychiatrist
psychogenic
cardiac
psychopath
pericarditis
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