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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 Root 12: GEN, PUL, SPIR Advanced Definition Match -- myvocabulary.com

    Directions:
    MATCH the Latin Roots GEN, PUL, SPIR - ADVANCED level 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, a sentence 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 GEN, PUL, SPIR - ADVANCED level word list. 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) progeny
    2) impelled
    3) compulsive
    4) repellent
    5) genealogy
    6) aspiration
    7) transpired
    8) sprightly
    9) genesis
    10) homogeneous
    11) expulsion
    12) esprit
    Definition List
     
    A)  A strong desire, longing or hope; ambition; a goal or objective desired (noun)
    B)  Characterized by perfectionism, rigidity, conscientiousness or an obsessive concern for order and detail (adj.)
    C)  Liveliness of expression, mind, spirit or wit; dynamic intelligence (noun)
    D)  State of driving or forcing out or away; act of ejecting or discharging (noun)
    E)  The study of family lines; record of ancestry or descent (noun)
    F)  An origin, creation or beginning; the first book of the Bible (cap.) (noun)
    G)  Composed of parts or elements that are all of the same kind; essentially alike (adj.)
    H)  Driving or urging forward; imparting motion to; compelling through moral pressure (adj.)
    I)  Children; offspring collectively; something that originates from something else (noun)
    J)  Tending to drive away or ward off; resistant or impervious; causing distaste or aversion (adj.)
    K)  Full of life and acting with energy used esp. for older people; acting like an elf, fairy or goblin; (adj.)
    L)  Occurring, happening or taking place; emitting or giving off through the surface, as of leaves or the body. (adj.)