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    1) Christmas and Holiday Traditions Vocabulary Puzzle #1 -- myVocabulary.com
    Directions: To solve the Christmas and Holiday Traditions vocabulary puzzle use the Latin root or word parts, the definition, parts of speech and the Christmas Vocabulary Word List to solve for answers. Put your Christmas and Holiday Traditions answers INSIDE the boxes and move to the next vocabulary puzzle.
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    Vocabulary Word List: Christmas Vocabulary Word List:
    tinsel, myrrh, nativity, blessing, majestic, wreath, wassail, creche, decoration, mistletoe, enchanting, ornaments, magnificent, magnanimous
     
     
    Christmas and Holiday Traditions Vocabulary Puzzle #1 -- myVocabulary.com
     
    1)  A liquor, like hot spiced wine or ale, used to drink to someones health, esp. at Christmastime (noun)
    Root HAIL = hale (Old English)
    		  
    2)  An aromatic, bitter gum obtained from an Arabian shrub and used chiefly in making incense & perfumes (noun)
    Word comes directly from Latin and German
    		  
     
    3)  Parasitic plant with white berries used in Christmas decorations (noun)
    Root is MISTIL = twig
    		  
    4)  Something that decorates, adds beauty or grace; something that adorns (plural noun)
    Root is ORNA = adorn
    		  

    2) Hanukkah and Holiday Traditions Vocabulary Puzzle #2 -- myVocabulary.com
    Directions: To solve the Hanukkah and Holiday Traditions Vocabulary Puzzle, use the Latin root or word parts, the vocabulary definition, part of speech and the Hanukkah word list
    to help you with each answer. Put your answers INSIDE the vocabulary boxes and move to the next vocabulary puzzle.
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    A Holiday Traditions Vocabulary list of 330 words is available from the pull down menu called Word List in the header above. In addition, please see the Religion and Spiritual Inspiration vocabulary list of 416 words. You can also find 420 Word Lists at www.myvocabulary.com for numerous other vocabulary word lists in a variety of subjects on the home page.

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    Vocabulary Word List: Hanukkah vocabulary word list:
    Chanukah, pretzel, menorah, pancakes, miraculous, dreidel, synagogue, dedication, gelt, shofar, decoration, latkes, loukoumades, zelebi
     
     
    Hanukkah and Holiday Traditions Vocabulary Puzzle #2 -- myVocabulary.com
     
    1)  A nine-branched candelabrum used in the Temple of Jerusalem and in most synagogues
    This noun comes directly into English from Hebrew
    		 
    2)  Act of setting apart and consecrating to a deity or devoting to a sacred purpose (noun)
    Root is DICT = speak, declare
    		  
     
    3)  Of the nature of an extraordinary event believed to manifest the supernatural work of God; resembling something outstanding; marvelous (adjective)
    Root is MIRA = wonder at
    		 
    4)  Adornment, embellishment or ornamentation; beautification (noun)
    Root is DECOR = an ornament, splendor
    		  

    3) Kwanzaa and Holiday Traditions Vocabulary Puzzle #3 -- myVocabulary.com
    Directions: Kwanzaa Word Puzzle #3
    To solve the vocabulary puzzle, use the Latin roots or word parts, the word definition, part of speech and the word list to help you answer the word puzzle. Put your Kwanzaa and Holiday Traditions answers INSIDE the word puzzle box and move to the next vocabulary puzzle.
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    Vocabulary Word List: Kwanzaa and Holiday Traditions word list:
    intemperance, merrymaking, collective, aggregate, responsibility, accountability, jubilee, coronation, creativity, synergetic, cooperative, collaborative, visionary, enjoyment
     
     
    Kwanzaa and Holiday Traditions Vocabulary Puzzle #3 -- myVocabulary.com
     
    1)  Forming a whole; combined; characteristic or expressive of a group (adjective)
    Root is LECT = gather, choose
    		  
    2)  Demonstrating a willingness to work or act together or jointly for a common purpose or benefit (adjective)
    Root is OPER = work
    		  
     
    3)  Possessing the ability to make meaningful new forms, interpretations, etc.; originality (noun)
    Root is CREA = create
    		  
    4)  State of being accountable; reliability or dependability as in conducting one's affairs (noun)
    Root is SPOND = pledge, promise
    		  

    4) Ramadan and Holiday Traditions Vocabulary Puzzle #4 -- myVocabulary.com
    Directions: To solve the Ramadan Vocabulary Puzzle,
    use the Latin roots or word parts, the definition, part of speech and the word list to help solve for answers. Put your Ramadan and Holiday Traditions answers INSIDE the box and move to the next vocabulary puzzle.
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    Clue: The Latin roots or word parts, the definition and the Ramadan and Holiday Traditions word list helps you learn vocabulary. In addition to this Ramadan Word Puzzle, www. also offers a Fill-in-the-Blanks, Word Search, Crossword and Definition Match activity. A Holiday Traditions vocabulary list of 330 words is available from the pull down menu called Word List in the header above. In addition, please see the Religion and Spiritual Inspiration word list of 416 words and the Word Lists of 420 words at www.myvocabulary.com.

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    Vocabulary Word List: Ramadan and Holiday Traditions word list:
    abstinence, indulgence, fasting, obligation, observance, tradition, atonement, annunciation, commemorate, purification, manifestation, revelation, proclamation, gratification
     
     
    Ramadan and Holiday Traditions Vocabulary Puzzle #4 -- myVocabulary.com
     
    1)  To serve as a reminder of or as a memorial; to honor the memory of by some observance (verb)
    Root is MEMOR = mindful
    		  
    2)  An abstinence from food or a limiting of one's food, esp. when voluntary and as a religious observation (noun)
    Root is FAST = firm
    		  
     
    3)  Act of making known; disclosures; something laid open to view, display or exhibit (noun)
    Root is REVEL = unveil
    		  
    4)  Practice of yielding or gratifying; leniency; benign permissiveness (noun)
    Root is INDULGE = take pleasure in