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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 EX: 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 offers 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) expectation
    2) extensive
    3) exclamation
    4) excel
    5) exotic
    6) exclusive
    7) excursion
    8) exception
    Definition List
     
    A)  To outdo others; to surpass (verb)
    B)  The act of leaving out from a number or a whole; exclusion; something offered as objection (noun)
    C)  A sharp or sudden utterance; an outcry; forceful expression of protest or complaint (noun)
    D)  Inclined to shut out certain persons or classes; catering to a distinct, fashionable class (adjective)
    E)  A going out or forth; expedition; a usually brief pleasure trip; departure from a direct course (noun)
    F)  Introduced from another country; strikingly different or unusual (adjective)
    G)  An anticipation or wait for something to occur; a prospect of good or bad fortune (noun)
    H)  Having wide or considerable range, distance, scope or space (adjective)