Unit 1 - Spelling Words

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Across
  1. 2. A base, not necessarily a whole word, to which affixes are added to form new words.
  2. 5. A comparison between things that resemble each other in a few ways but differ in most others.
  3. 7. The smallest part of a word that has meaning of its own. It may be a word, an affix, or an inflection.
  4. 9. meaning The meaning of a word or morpheme apart from its meaning in context (semantic meaning), indicating grammatical function, tense, etc.
  5. 13. A syllable or syllables added to a word or the base of a word to change its meaning or use; a prefix or suffix.
  6. 14. meaning The meaning of a word apart from inflections and affixes; lexical meaning. Is, am, was, and were all have the semantic meaning be.
  7. 16. meaning Using words in a sense other than their literal meaning, as in poetry or figures of speech. (Ex. you're pulling my leg)
  8. 17. meaning The usual meaning of a word without exaggeration or imagination.
  9. 19. English word A word that originated in the English language, as opposed to a borrowed word or a word coined from borrowed elements.
  10. 20. A word ending used to show case, number, gender, person, tense, mood, voice, or comparison.
  11. 21. thinking The testing and evaluation of possible solutions to a problem or explanation of a phenomenon.
  12. 22. communication Any method of sending and receiving messages or ideas without using words with semantic meaning.
  13. 23. The body of persons employed by an organization.
Down
  1. 1. The highest degree of comparison of an adjective or adverb, used to compare more than two things.
  2. 3. word The form of a word to which prefixes or suffixes are attached; a root or stem.
  3. 4. The second degree of comparison of an adjective or adverb, used when two things are being compared.
  4. 6. clue Other parts of a sentence or paragraph that determine the meaning of an unfamiliar word.
  5. 8. The apt use of language; fluent, powerful, and effective speech.
  6. 10. A written or printed list of questions that is used to gather information.
  7. 11. form The form of a word used to join with other words or forms to make new words.
  8. 12. Relevant; related to the matter being considered.
  9. 15. Derived by reasoning; concluded.
  10. 18. The state of being alert; paying attention.