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  • These Definition Match vocabulary activities include vocabulary games and word puzzles with a vocabulary list. They are 1 of 8 free online word games.
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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 DIS: 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) disgrace
    2) dispel
    3) discreet
    4) dismal
    5) disrupt
    6) distortion
    7) disposable
    8) dissolve
    Definition List
     
    A)  Having or showing good judgment in conduct and esp. in speech; prudent (adjective)
    B)  The loss of respect; shame; dishonor; the condition of being out of favor (noun)
    C)  Showing or causing gloom or depression (adjective)
    D)  To drive off in various directions; to disperse; to dissipate; to cause to vanish (verb)
    E)  Designed for or capable of being thrown away after being used or used up (adjective)
    F)  To break apart; to throw into disorder; to destroy, usually temporarily, the normal continuance or unity of (verb)
    G)  To break up into parts or pass into solution; to bring to an end; to be overcome emotionally (verb)
    H)  Misrepresentation of true meaning; alteration of the normal, natural, original shape or condition (noun)