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Word Roots 10: Ject-Pend-Lect Beginner Puzzle 1 – myVocabulary.com

  • The Interactive Lesson Plan puzzle is 1 of 8 vocabulary activities and word puzzles.
  • Use the Greek and Latin word root word list to select the correct answer. Email your answers to friends, family and teachers.
  • The AUDIO word story is available in all Root Words Lesson Plans #1 through #6.
  • Common Core alignment to a Interactive Puzzle is to 4 key phrases: "Grade Level", "Greek and Latin Roots", "Precise Meaning" and "Context". CCSS Alignment Strand numbers for Specific Grades: Grade Level: "CCSS.ELA-Literacy." precedes these numbers: 2.4, 3.4, 4.4, 5.4, 6.4, 7.4, 8.4, 9-10.4, 11-12.4 Greek & Latin Roots: "CCSS.ELA-Literacy." precedes these numbers: 2.4b+c, 3.4b+c, 4.4b, 5.b, 6.4b, 7.4b, 8.4b, 9-10.4b, 11-12.4b 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 Context: "CCSS.ELA-Literacy." precedes these numbers: 2.4a, 3.4a, 4.4a, 5.4a, 6.4a, 7.4a, 8.4a, 9-10.4a, 11-12.4a
Directions:

In the first vocabulary root word puzzle, use the Latin root JECT = throw, cast ;
In the second vocabulary root word puzzle use the Latin word root PEND = hang, weigh;;
In the third vocabulary root word puzzle use the Latin word root LECT-LEG = choose, gather.
Move down to the bottom of the third word puzzle and click SUBMIT to get correct answers, the use of each vocabulary word in a sentence and score.
Clue:

Study the vocabulary word list and the reading passage to solve the root word puzzle. Having trouble with unfamiliar words? Click the submit button for answers. Then, redo the puzzle.
Vocabulary Word List:

Latin roots JECT = throw, cast; PEND = hang, weigh; LECT-LEG = choose, gather.

Beginner words: ADJECTIVE, DEJECTEDLY, DEPENDABLE, INDEPENDENT, INTELLECTUAL, LEGENDARY, NEGLIGENCE, PENTHOUSE, RECOLLECT, REJECT, SUBJECTIVE, SUSPEND

Intermediate words: ADJACENT, APPENDAGE, CONJECTURE, DILIGENTLY, ILLEGIBLE, INTELLIGENTSIA, LEGACY, OBJECTIVE, PENDANT, PENDULUM, PERPENDICULAR, PROJECTION

Advanced words: ABJECT, APPENDICITIS, ECLECTIC, ELECTORATE, IMPENDING, INTERJECTION, PENDULOUS, PREDILECTION, PROJECTILE, PROPENSITY, SACRILEGE, TRAJECTORY

1) To refuse to use, accept, grant or consider; to discard as useless (verb)

2) Member of a class of words used to modify a noun by limiting, describing or qualifying (noun)

3) Being very depressed, discouraged, or disheartened in spirit (adverb)

4) Existing in an individual’s mind such as to be unaffected by the external world (adjective)

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