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39 Week Vocabulary Lesson Plan Week #4:
CROSSWORD for roots GEN and GRAD/GRED/GRESS

This activity is NOT interactive. Please feel free to make a copy for home or the classroom! The 16 answers are in a link at the BOTTOM of this page. You have permission to make a hard copy for further vocabulary study at home or in the classroom.

ACROSS
  • 2 - to re-create, reconstitute or make over, esp. in a better condition or form
  • 6 - advancement toward a goal or to a further or higher stage; growth or development
  • 10 - a group of contemporary individuals; time interval between the birth of parents and their offspring
  • 11 - liberality in spirit or act, esp. readiness in giving; munificence; nobility of behavior
  • 12 - a set of grammatical categories applied to nouns such as masculine, feminine, neuter or common
  • 13 - vigorously energetic, esp. in the use of initiative or forcefulness; boldly assertive
  • 15 - an exceptional natural capacity of intellect, esp. in science, art, music, etc.
  • 16 - something that enters as an element or component part into a mixture.
    DOWN
  • 1 - to turn aside or away from the main topic or argument in speaking or writing.
  • 3 - ceremony of conferring degrees; award or acceptance of an academic degree or study.
  • 4 - to lower in dignity or estimation; to bring into contempt; to debase
  • 5 - the study of family lines; record of ancestry or descent.
  • 7 - pertaining to or applicable to all members of a class, group or kind; not protected by trademark registration
  • 8 - (cap) of the national legislative body of the US consisting of the House of Representatives and the Senate.
  • 9 - divided into 100 degrees as a scale; abbreviation is Cent.; symbol is C.
  • 14 - possessing the claimed origin or character; not counterfeit; authentic; real

    Additional 14 "GEN" and "GRAD/GRESS/GRED" words NOT in the crossword but ones you should know. An additional exercise can include looking up the definitions of these 14 words and using each in a sentence!
    • "GRAD/GRESS/GRED" words
    • degree
    • ingredient
    • egress
    • graduation
    • gradual(ly)
    • gradient
    • regressive
    • retrograde
    • transgression
    • "GEN" words
    • engender
    • generalize
    • genesis
    • genteel
    • indigenous

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    Visit the multiple activities from all of the first 13 weeks of this vocabulary lesson plan:
  • Interactive Puzzles (Week 1-13): ["All Puzzles for Weeks 1 thru 13"] --
  • Fill-in-the-Blanks (Week 1-13): ["All FITB for Weeks 1 thru 13"] --
  • Definition MATCH (Week 1-13): ["All MATCH for Weeks 1 thru 13"] --
  • True or False? (Week 1-13): ["All TF for Weeks 1 thru 13"] --
  • Word Stories (Week 1-13): ["All STORIES for Weeks 1 thru 13"] --
  • Crosswords (Week 1-13): ["All CW for Weeks 1 thru 13"] --
  • Find the Words (Week 1-13): ["All WF for Weeks 1 thru 13"] --
  • ALL 7 Activities sorted by Week (1-13): ["All Activities for each week:Weeks 1 thru 13"] --

    For further understanding, explore our other Week 4 Latin and Greek root word activities:
  • Week 4 Crossword - you are here!
  • Week 4 Word Find
  • Week 4 FITB
  • Week 4 Matching
  • Week 4 True/False
  • Week 4 Story
  • 1st Semester (13 week) Matrix
  • Week 4 Puzzles
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