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SAT Test Word Puzzle #9-C — myVocabulary.com

  • The Interactive Lesson Plan puzzle is 1 of 8 vocabulary activities and word puzzles.
  • Use the Greek and Latin word root word list to select the correct answer. Email your answers to friends, family and teachers.
  • The AUDIO word story is available in all Root Words Lesson Plans #1 through #6.
  • Common Core alignment to a Interactive Puzzle is to 4 key phrases: "Grade Level", "Greek and Latin Roots", "Precise Meaning" and "Context". CCSS Alignment Strand numbers for Specific Grades: Grade Level: "CCSS.ELA-Literacy." precedes these numbers: 2.4, 3.4, 4.4, 5.4, 6.4, 7.4, 8.4, 9-10.4, 11-12.4 Greek & Latin Roots: "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 Precise Meaning: "CCSS.ELA-Literacy." precedes these numbers: 2.4e, 3.4d, 4.4c, 5.4c, 6.4c, 7.4c, 8.4c, 9-10.4c, 11-12.4c Context: "CCSS.ELA-Literacy." precedes these numbers: 2.4a, 3.4a, 4.4a, 5.4a, 6.4a, 7.4a, 8.4a, 9-10.4a, 11-12.4a
Directions:

To solve the SAT test prep word puzzle, use the vocabulary word list and Latin or Greek word roots. Put your answers INSIDE the word puzzle. Move down to the next SAT test prep puzzle.
At the bottom of the last interactive word puzzle, click “SUBMIT” for the correct answers and the use of each vocabulary word in a sentence. Learn the vocabulary word list below the SAT word puzzle.

Clue:

To solve the SAT test prep vocabulary word, use the definition, part of speech and Latin or Greek word root. The correct answers are in the SAT vocabulary word list.

Vocabulary Word List:

SAT test prep vocabulary list:
Aficionado, Alchemy, Ambiance, Avatar, Bourgeois, Chaparral, Cognoscente, Connoisseur, Dilettante, Imbroglio, Juggernaut, Junta, Malaise, Nirvana, Peccadillo, Raconteur, Vignette, Virtuoso

1) A person qualified to act as a judge involving taste and appreciation; expert (noun) Directly from the French word and Greek root GNO-NOSC = know

2) A small decorative design or picture at the beginning or end of a chapter; a brief word picture; sketch or short literary sketch (scene in a play, film etc.) (noun) Directly from the French word and French root VIGNE = vine

3) Relating to or characteristic of town dwellers or of the middle class; marked by concern for material interests and leaning towards mediocrity (adjective) Directly from the French word and French root BOURG = town

4) Person skilled at telling stories or anecdotes or someone who excels in telling them (noun) Directly from the French word meaning “tell, recount”

5) An environment or its distinct atmosphere; a feeling or mood associated with a particular place, person or thing (noun) Directly from the French word meaning “surrounding” and Latin AMBI = around, both

6) A vague feeling of physical discomfort, uneasiness or mental disorder (noun) Directly from the French word meaning “discomfort” and Latin root MAL = bad