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  • The DAILY WORD ROOT PUZZLE is 1 of 8 vocabulary activities and word puzzles using Greek and Latin word roots.
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  • Common Core alignment to Daily Word Root Puzzle is to the key phrase:
    "GREEK & LATIN AFFIXES and ROOTS". CCSS Alignment Strand Numbers for Specific Grades:
    "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

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    A greenish-blue coating that forms on brass, copper or bronze when exposed to air for a long time (noun)
    Root VERD=flourish, be green

    A self-propelled engine that hauls cars on a railroad (noun)
    Root LOC=place

    Thought of apart from concrete realities; theoretical (adjective)
    Root ABS=off, away from, apart (prefix)

    Encompassing; encircling; surrounding on all sides (adjective)
    Root AMBI=around, about, both (prefix)

    German measles; infection including a fine red rash (noun)
    Root RUB=red