Question

word bank
revive
survivor
vivid
vivacious
mortal
immortal
mortified
morbid
clues
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1. the works of edgar allan poe are gothic, which often is about ______________ subjects.
2. the passing of the sunset was so ______________ that i thought it was a photograph.
3. the explorer juan ponce de león searched for a magical fountain that would make him ______________ so he would never die.
4. john krakauer wrote a book called into thin air about his experience of being stranded on a mountain; he is an example of a ______________.

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1. a person learns cpr so he or she will be able to ______________ someone.
2. if i gave a speech in front of a large group of people and forgot a few lines, i would feel ______________.
3. the ______________ meerkats scampered around their den with intense energy.
4. humans are ______________, the opposite of greek gods like apollo.

unscramble the letters in the circles in the crossword puzzle to make a word that answers the riddle below. the unscrambled word is not one of the vocabulary words from this lesson, but it is related to some of them.
i am a person who is in charge of a body before a funeral. ______________
growing your vocabulary: learning from latin and greek roots

Explanation:

1. Across - 4: Edgar Allan Poe's Gothic works often deal with morbid (gruesome, related to death) subjects.
2. Across - 6: A sunset that looks like a photograph is very vivid (bright, lifelike), so the word is vivid.
3. Across - 7: A fountain to make one never die makes one immortal.
4. Across - 8: Someone stranded on a mountain and surviving is a survivor.
5. Down - 1: Learning CPR is to revive someone.
6. Down - 2: Forgetting lines in a speech makes one feel awkward. But from the word - bank, no such word. Maybe a misunderstanding. If we consider context - related words from the bank, no perfect fit.
7. Down - 3: Meerkats with intense energy are vivacious.
8. Down - 5: Humans are mortal, opposite of Greek gods like Apollo who are immortal.
9. The person in charge of a body before a funeral is a mortician, but not in the word - bank. However, using the letters from the circles in the crossword (not shown fully here), we would unscramble to get the answer. But based on the given words in the word - bank for the main clues:

Answer:

Across - 4: morbid
Across - 6: vivid
Across - 7: immortal
Across - 8: survivor
Down - 1: revive
Down - 3: vivacious
Down - 5: mortal