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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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    Characteristic of someone exercising absolute power or authority; imperious (adjective)
    Root DICT=speak, declare

    Capable of two contradictory interpretations; not clearly defined; uncertain (adjective)
    Root AMBI=around, about, both (prefix)

    Belonging to all the world; sophisticated; worldly (adjective)
    Root COSM=world, universe, order, ornament

    An incorrect interpretation; without accurate understanding (noun)
    Root CEPT=take, seize, hold

    Casual reference to something, either directly or implied; a hinting to (noun)
    Root LUS=play, laugh, sport, mock