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  • Common Core alignment to a Interactive Puzzle is to 4 key phrases:
    "Grade Level", "Greek and Latin Roots", "Precise Meaning" and "Context".
    CCSS Alignment Strand numbers for Specific Grades:
    Grade Level: "CCSS.ELA-Literacy." precedes these numbers: 2.4, 3.4, 4.4, 5.4, 6.4, 7.4, 8.4, 9-10.4, 11-12.4
    Greek & Latin Roots: "CCSS.ELA-Literacy." precedes these numbers: 2.4b+c, 3.4b+c, 4.4b, 5.b, 6.4b, 7.4b, 8.4b, 9-10.4b, 11-12.4b
    Precise Meaning: "CCSS.ELA-Literacy." precedes these numbers: 2.4e, 3.4d, 4.4c, 5.4c, 6.4c, 7.4c, 8.4c, 9-10.4c, 11-12.4c
    Context: "CCSS.ELA-Literacy." precedes these numbers: 2.4a, 3.4a, 4.4a, 5.4a, 6.4a, 7.4a, 8.4a, 9-10.4a, 11-12.4a
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    1) SAT Word Puzzle #2C -- myVocabulary.com

    Directions:
    To solve the SAT test word puzzle, use the vocabulary word list and Latin or Greek word roots. Put your answers INSIDE the word puzzle. Move down to the next SAT test puzzle.
    At the bottom of the last interactive word puzzle, click " SUBMIT" for the correct answers and the use of each vocabulary word in a sentence. Learn the vocabulary word list below the SAT word puzzle.
    Clue:
    To solve the SAT test vocabulary word, use the definition, part of speech and Latin or Greek word root. The correct answers are in the SAT vocabulary word list.
    Vocabulary Word List:
    SAT test vocabulary list:
    candid, inevitable, lethargy, morose, novice, obscure, ostentatious, precocious, prevaricate, querulous, quiescent, repose, repudiate, soporific, spontaneous, squander, theoretical, virulent

    SAT Word Puzzle #2C -- myVocabulary.com

    1)  Carping; characterized by or full of complaints (adjective)
    Root QUER = seek, ask

    2)  To reject with disapproval, condemnation or denial (verb)
    Root PUD = feel shame, blush

    3)  Actively poisonous; intensely noxious; deadly (adjective)
    Root VIRU = poison

    4)  Unable to be avoided, evaded or escaped; certain (adjective)
    Root VITA = avoid

    5)  To spend or use extravagantly, lavishly or wastefully (verb)
    Root SQVAT = splash (from Danish)

    6)  To speak falsely or misleadingly so as to avoid the truth; to lie (verb)
    Root VARIC = straddle, bend

    Additional Information:

  • SAT Word #13: synonym = peevish, irritable, complaining, petulant; antonym = easy going, contented, affable, genial
  • SAT Word #14: synonym = disavow, disclaim, spurn, renounce; antonym = acknowledge, affirm, assent, defend
  • SAT Word #15: synonym = harmful, bitter; antonym = healthy, innocuous
  • SAT Word #16: synonym = necessary, sure; antonym = unlikely, preventable
  • SAT Word #17: synonym = misuse, dissipate; antonym = preserve, retain, save
  • SAT Word #18: synonym = falsify, misrepresent, fib; antonym = unequivocal, factual

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    2) SAT Word Puzzle #2B -- myVocabulary.com

    Directions:
    To solve the SAT test word puzzle, use the vocabulary word list and Latin or Greek word root. Put your answers INSIDE the word puzzle. Move down to the next SAT test puzzle.
    At the bottom of the last interactive word puzzle, click "SUBMIT" for the correct answers and the use of each vocabulary word in a sentence. Learn the vocabulary word list below the SAT word puzzle.
    Clue:
    To solve the SAT test vocabulary word, use the definition, part of speech and Latin or Greek word root. The correct answers are in the SAT vocabulary word list.
    Vocabulary Word List:
    SAT test vocabulary list:
    candid, inevitable, lethargy, morose, novice, obscure, ostentatious, precocious, prevaricate, querulous, quiescent, repose, repudiate, soporific, spontaneous, squander, theoretical, virulent

    SAT Word Puzzle #2B -- myVocabulary.com

    1)  Hypothetical; existing only in principle; not practical (adjective)
    Root THEOR = to look at, view

    2)  Frank or outspoken; free from reservation or disguise (adjective)
    Root CAND = burn, glow

    3)  Sullenly ill-humored (person); expressing gloom; glum (adjective)
    Root MOR = manner, will

    4)  A beginner; person who is new to a work place or situation (noun)
    Root NOV = new

    5)  Unusually advanced or mature development or talent (adjective)
    Root COCT/COQUE = cook, boil

    6)  Characterized by a pretentious show in order to impress (adjective)
    Root TENT = stretch, reach

    Additional Information:


    JUST FOR FUN:
    With all the words you NEED to know, here is a word list of 6 "power words" from M to R that you absolutely DO NOT NEED TO KNOW for the test!

    • M = MARCOTOUS (having large ears)
    • N = NIDIFICATE (to make a nest)
    • O = ONEIRIC (of or pertaining to dreams)
    • P = PLEONASTIC (use of words superfluously; redundant)
    • Q = QUADRUMANOUS (having all four feet adapted for use as hands; four-handed)
    • R = REMONTANT (flowering more than once in a season)
  • Source: "The Grandiloquent Dictionary" by Russell Rocke 1972.

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    3) SAT Word Puzzle #2A -- myVocabulary.com

    Directions:
    To solve the SAT test word puzzle, use the vocabulary word list and Latin or Greek word root Put your answers INSIDE the word puzzle. Move down to the next SAT test puzzle.
    At the bottom of the last interactive word puzzle, click "SUBMIT" for correct answers and the use of each vocabulary word in a sentence. Learn the vocabulary word list below the SAT word puzzle.
    Clue:
    To solve the SAT test vocabulary word, use the definition, part of speech and Latin or Greek word root. The correct answers are in the SAT vocabulary word list.
    Vocabulary Word List:
    SAT vocabulary word list:
    candid, inevitable, lethargy, morose, novice, obscure, ostentatious, precocious, prevaricate, querulous, quiescent, repose, repudiate, soporific, spontaneous, squander, theoretical, virulent

    SAT Word Puzzle #2A -- myVocabulary.com

    1)  Anything causing or tending to cause sleep; drowsy (adjective)
    Root SOPOR = deep sleep

    2)  State of being dull, listless, drowsy or without energy (noun)
    Root LETH = oblivion, forgetful

    3)  Being at rest; quiet or still; in active or motionless (adjective)
    Root QUIES = quiet, rest

    4)  State of being at rest; dignified calmness; sleep(noun)
    Root POS = place, put

    5)  A natural impulse or tendency; without premeditation (adjective)
    Root SPONT = of one's own accord

    6)  Hard to perceive; nebulous; meaning not clear or plain (adjective)
    Root SCUR = cover, conceal

    Additional Information:


    Myvocabulary.com provides synonyms and antonyms for the 6 SAT vocabulary words above. Use them to help you solve word puzzle activity.

    • SAT Word #1: synonym = somnolent, slumberous, yawning; antonym = energetic
    • SAT Word #2: synonym = sluggishness, passiveness, apathy, torpor; antonym = vitality
    • SAT Word #3: synonym = placid, peaceful, serene; antonym = dynamic
    • SAT Word #4: synonym = tranquility, comfort; antonym = agitation
    • SAT Word #5: synonym = involuntary, unintentional; antonym = deliberate, designed
    • SAT Word #6: synonym = cloudy, blurred, dim; antonym = evident, clear

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