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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 10: JECT, PEND, LECT Beginner Definition Match

    Directions:
    MATCH the Latin Roots JECT, PEND, LECT beginner word list with the proper definitions. Use the pull down Select bar to choose the correct letter match.
    When you hit Submit, you will get back the correct vocabulary answers and percentage score for correct answers. This Latin word root activity aligns with Common Core Standards.
    Clue:
    The Latin word list comes from Latin Roots JECT, PEND, LECT at the beginner level. In addition to this Definition Match, www.myvocabulary.com also includes a free Interactive Puzzle, Fill-in-the-Blanks, Word Search, Crossword, Synonym or Antonym, True or False and Reading Passage.
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    Word List
     
    1) PENTHOUSE
    2) REJECT
    3) SUSPEND
    4) INDEPENDENT
    5) SUBJECTIVE
    6) DEPENDABLE
    7) NEGLIGENCE
    8) LEGENDARY
    9) DEJECTEDLY
    10) INTELLECTUAL
    11) ADJECTIVE
    12) RECOLLECT
    Definition List
     
    A)  Member of a class of words used to modify a noun by limiting, describing or qualifying (adj.)
    B)  Being very depressed, discouraged or disheartened in spirit (adj.)
    C)  Worthy of trust; reliable; capable of being relied upon for support or help (adj.)
    D)  Thinking or acting for oneself; not contingent upon something else; free from party commitments (adj.)
    E)  Appealing to or engaging the mind for thinking or acquiring knowledge; placing high value on brain power (adj.)
    F)  Pertaining to a non-historical or unverifiable story handed down by tradition from the past (adj.)
    G)  The quality or result of being careless and indifferent or being remiss in the care or treatment of (noun)
    H)  Apartment or dwelling on the roof or top of a building (noun)
    I)  To remember; to recall a mental impression; to gather or assemble again (verb)
    J)  To refuse to use, accept, grant or consider; to discard as useless (verb)
    K)  Existing in the mind of an individual, unaffected by the external world (adj.)
    L)  To hang by attachment to something above, especially to allow free movement (verb)