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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 4: GRAD, MOT, CAD Intermediate-Definition Match 2 -- myVocabulary.com

    Directions:
    Please MATCH the vocabulary words numbered in the left hand column with the proper definitions of these vocabulary words in letters "A to L" 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 all come from the Session #4 Level 2. In addition to this Match exercise, www.myvocabulary.com also has a free Interactive Puzzle, Fill-in-the-Blanks, Word Find, Crossword, Synonym/Antonym Encounter, True/False exercise and a Concentration activity with these same 12 words.
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    Word List
     
    1) mutiny
    2) motivate
    3) momentous
    4) cadence
    5) digress
    6) accidentally
    7) cadaver
    8) congressman
    9) aggression
    10) promotion
    11) coincidence
    12) progressive
    Definition List
     
    A)  Occurring unexpectedly or by chance; happening through carelessness and often with unfortunate results
    B)  Any offensive action, attack or procedure; an unprovoked invasion of territorial rights; practice of making assaults; hostility toward or attack upon another (overt, verbal, gestural)
    C)  A dead body, esp. a human one intended for dissection; corpse
    D)  A rhythmic sequence or flow of sounds in language; the beat, time or measure of rhythmical motion or activity
    E)  The occurrence of events that happen at the same time and by accident but seem to have some connection
    F)  Often capitalized; a member of a national legislative body of the US (Senate, House of Representatives); an individual who is part of a supreme legislative body of a nation
    G)  To turn aside or away from the main topic or argument in speaking or writing; deviate; swerve
    H)  Important; consequential
    I)  To provide with an incentive or goal; to impel or incite
    J)  Forcible or passive resistance to lawful authority; concerted revolt against discipline or a superior officer; rebellion
    K)  Advocating progress or reform esp. in political or social matters; employing more liberal ideas, new methods; advancing; going (moving) forward or onward
    L)  Act or fact of being raised in position or rank; act of furthering the growth and development of something (sale of merchandise)