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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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    Prefix AB-ABS: Definition Match -- myVocabulary.com

    Directions:
    For this PREFIX activity, MATCH a vocabulary word with a number in the left hand column with the proper definition of the 8 words in letters "A to H" 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 come from 14 PREFIX activities. In addition to this Definition Match exercise, www.myvocabulary.com also has a free Interactive Puzzle and Fill-in-the-Blanks. We will have a Word Find, Crossword, True/False exercise and a Concentration activity with these same 8 words.
    You have permission to make a hard copy for further vocabulary study at home or in the classroom.
    Word List
     
    1) aberration
    2) absence
    3) absolute
    4) abundance
    5) abdicate
    6) abstinence
    7) abolitionist
    8) abstract
    Definition List
     
    A)  A departure from what is right, true, correct, etc.; a deviation from normal (noun)
    B)  To give up sovereign power, office or responsibility usually formally; renounce (verb)
    C)  An advocate for the termination of slavery in the United States (noun)
    D)  The state of not being present or attending; the want or lack (noun)
    E)  Free from imperfection or mixture: perfect; having no restriction or limitation; without doubt: certain (adjective)
    F)  Denial of the appetites, esp. certain foods and drinks: self denial; willful avoidance of pleasures (noun)
    G)  Considered apart from a particular instance or object; difficult to understand; theoretical (adjective)
    H)  An ample or overflowing quantity; profusion; degree of plenty (noun)