Vocabulary Builder Course 7

Lesson 33:

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Introduction
Students have been introduced to words formed from the roots -morph-, meaning “shape” or “form,” hyper-, meaning “over” or “above,” and hypo-, meaning “under” or “below.”

Lesson Description
Students will review lesson words by completing a crossword puzzle. To get directions, they can press the Instructions button in the lower left corner. If they need a hint, they can press the Word List button. After finishing the puzzle, they can check to see how they did.

Instructional Objectives

Students will match words to their definitions.
Students will review words formed from -morph-.
Students will recognize the meanings of words formed from hyper- and hypo-.

Student Web Activity Answers
amorphous: without definite shape
hyperbolic: extremely exaggerated
hypercritical: excessively critical
hypersensitive: excessively sensitive
hyperventilate: breathe abnormally fast or deeply
hypochondria: state of anxiety about one's health, often about imaginary illnesses
hypocrite: person who pretends to have good qualities
hypothermia: abnormally low body temperature
hypothesis: theory; unproved explanation
morpheme: smallest unit of language

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