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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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    Precursor; something that precedes an event, object, circumstance or phenomenon (noun)
    Root ANTE=before

    Building or residence hall with a large number of sleeping rooms and beds (noun)
    Root DORM=sleep

    Not promising success; not favorable; unfortunate; not pointing to a good result (adjective)
    Root AU=bird

    An adversary; person competing with another; an opponent (noun)
    Root AGON=contest, struggle

    Citadel; any place of exceptional security (noun)
    Root FORT=strong