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  • Common Core alignment to a Definition Match puzzle is to the key phrase "Precise Meaning".
    CCSS Alignment Strand Numbers for Specific Grades:
    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
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    Word Roots 4: GRAD, MOT, CAD Advanced-Match 3 -- myVocabulary.com

    Directions:
    Please MATCH the vocabulary words numbered in the left hand column with the proper definitions of these vocabulary words in letters "A to L" in the right hand column. Use the pull down "Select" bar to choose the correct letter match.
    When you hit "Submit", you will get back the correct answers as well as the percentage score for how many questions you answered correctly.
    Clue:
    These vocabulary words all come from the Session #4 Level 3. In addition to this Match exercise, www.myvocabulary.com also has a free Interactive Puzzle, Fill-in-the-Blanks, Word Find, Crossword, Synonym/Antonym Encounter, True/False exercise and a Concentration activity with these same 12 words.
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    Word List
     
    1) degradation
    2) deciduous
    3) momentum
    4) regressive
    5) transgression
    6) gradient
    7) occidental
    8) recidivism
    9) mobilization
    10) decadent
    11) demotion
    12) motif
    Definition List
     
    A)  Marked by decline, decay or deterioration; characterized by or appealing to self-indulgence
    B)  Shedding leaves annually (certain trees and shrubs); the falling off at a particular season, stage or growth (leaves, horns, teeth)
    C)  Decline to a low, destitute or demoralized state; moral or intellectual decadence
    D)  Reduction to a lower grade or rank; relegation to a less important position
    E)  Rate of regular ascent or descent; inclination; a part sloping upward or downward; change in the value of a quantity (temperature, pressure or concentration)
    F)  State of putting into movement or circulation; act of assembling or making ready for war duty
    G)  Strength or force gained by motion or through the development of events; impetus
    H)  A usually recurring salient thematic element (arts); a dominant idea or central theme; a single or repeated design or color
    I)  Western; the characteristic features of people born in the world west of Asia, esp. Europe and the Americas
    J)  A tendency to relapse into a previous condition or mode of behavior (criminal)
    K)  Characterized by or developed in the course of an evolutionary process involving increasing simplification of bodily structure; decreasing in rate as the base increases
    L)  Infringement or violation of a law, command or duty; a sin