Latin Roots (mostly prefixes) (Crossword Puzzle)

MS Word Version

Use a dictionary to find words using these latin roots. (Make sure the meaning makes sense)

ambi	both	Ambiguous, ambidextrous
ante	before
astro	star
cent	hundred
chart	paper
circ	around, about
civ	citizen, community
Cogn, gno	to know
derm	skin
duc/duct	to lead, to take, to bring
ex, e, ef, ec, es	from, out of, without
Junct, jung	to join
mil	thousand
miss	to throw, to send, to let go
multi	many
omni	everywhere, all
ped	foot
phono	sound
photo	light
port	carry
post	after, behind
pro, pur	before, for
re	back, again
retro	back
spec	to look at, to see
spir	breath, life
semi	half
therm	heat
tract	to pull
trans	across, through
vid/vis	to see, to watch
Lig	To tie, to bind together

Words with Latin Roots

Across

1 To breathe out

3 Breathing in and out

8 To know again

9 The "Mardi Gras" one of these precedes 40 days without meat

11 A looking backward

12 Usually has three rings

13 What came before

14 Allowing light and vision to pass through

17 Meat eater

19 Awareness, thought

20 The lively force

21 The distance around a circle

24 All knowing

25 Leader, Roman war leader, feudal lord

27 To not pay attention to

28 Not sharing with everyone, but sharing with at least one other

29 To allow in

30 A machine for pulling (a plow, usually)

32 Something to be watched

33 Someone sent with a message, question, or proposal

34 Where two roads/pipes/lines come together

35 A thousand years

Down

2 To get away

4 Something that came before and that set an example

5 The state of unawareness, lack of knowledge

6 To take away (by force)

7 Able to be carried

10 Loyalty, commitment, duty

15 The surrounding environment and atmosphere

16 A system of beliefs that connects one to meaning or the cosmos

18 Having many faces or many sides

21 Having to do with marriage (or sex)

22 A journey (a very long walk)

23 Happening after the flood

26 To draw out, to pull out (knowledge or wisdom)

31 Having to do with flesh (sexual)

ambiance antecedent circumference exhale escape omniscient millennium multifaceted postdiluvian

precedent semiprivate  carnivore carnal carnival abduct duke educate circus

recognize cognition ignorance ignore conjugal junction allegiance transparent tractor

religion emissary admit expedition portable retrospective spirit respiration video

ambiance	The surrounding environment and atmosphere
antecedent	What came before
circumference	The distance around a circle
exhale	To breathe out
escape	To get away
omniscient	All knowing
millennium	A thousand years
multifaceted	Having many faces or many sides
postdiluvian	Happening after the flood
precedent	Something that came before and that set an example
semiprivate	Not sharing with everyone, but sharing with at least one other
carnivore	Meat eater
carnal	Having to do with flesh (sexual)
carnival	The “Mardi Gras” one of these precedes 40 days without meat
abduct	To take away (by force)
duke	Leader, Roman war leader, feudal lord
educate	To draw out, to pull out (knowledge or wisdom)
recognize	To know again
cognition	Awareness, thought
ignorance	The state of unawareness, lack of knowledge
ignore	To not pay attention to
conjugal	Having to do with marriage (or sex)
junction	Where two roads/pipes/lines come together
allegiance	Loyalty, commitment, duty
religion	A system of beliefs that connects one to meaning or the cosmos
emissary	Someone sent with a message, question, or proposal
admit	To allow in
expedition	A journey (a very long walk)
portable	Able to be carried
retrospective	A looking backward
spirit	The lively force
respiration	Breathing in and out
video	Something to be watched
circus	Usually has three rings
tractor	A machine for pulling (a plow, usually)
transparent	Allowing light and vision to pass through