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Word Roots 10: Intermediate-roots JECT, PEND, LECT, all 12 words — myVocabulary.com

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Directions:

This lesson plan features the Latin roots JECT = throw, cast; PEND = hang, weigh; and LECT-LEG = choose, gather.
To solve the puzzle, use the definition clues given in the word boxes to determine the key words. Put your answers INSIDE the 12 word boxes. Click “SUBMIT” to get all the correct answers, the use of each word in a sentence, a comment and your score.
Clue:

Study the vocabulary word story-reading passage below the puzzle to see the words in context. Having trouble with unfamiliar words? Click the submit button for answers. Redo the puzzle as often as needed.
Vocabulary Word List:

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

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

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

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

1) Something that thrusts outward; act of planning, devising or scheming a course of an object (noun)

2) Persons of superior intellect considered as a group, especially as a cultural, social or political elite (noun)

3) Vertical; straight up and down; upright; meeting a surface at right angles (adjective)

4) Adjoining just before, after or facing; lying near, close or contiguous (adjective)

5) Impossible or hard to read; incapable or being deciphered with ease as writing or printing (adjective)

6) A limb or other subsidiary part that diverges from the central or principle structure (noun)

7) Act of forming an opinion from incomplete or inconclusive evidence; guesswork (noun)

8) Being constant and earnest in an effort and application; being attentive and persistent in doing something (adverb)

9) A swinging level, weighted at the lower end, for regulating the speed of a clock (noun)

10) Hanging ornament, as a jewel from a necklace; something suspended (noun)

11) Purpose; goal; something where efforts are intended to accomplish a goal (noun)

12) Anything handed down from the past; a gift of property in a will; a bequest (noun)

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