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Word Roots 11: Beginner-roots CED, CEPT, CUR, all 12 words — myVocabulary.com

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Directions:

This lesson plan features the Latin roots CED-CESS = go, yield; CEPT-CIP = take receive; and CUR = run.
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 CED-CESS = go, yield; CEPT-CIP = take receive; and CUR = run.

Beginner: ACCURATE, ANCESTOR, ANTICIPATE, CURIOSITY, EXCEPTIONAL, MANICURE, NECESSITY, PRINCIPLE, RECIPE, SECURITY, SUCCESSION, UNSUCCESSFUL

Intermediate: ACCEPTANCE, CONCEDE, CURRENCY, EXCESS, EXCURSION, INACCESSIBLE, INTERCEPT, MISCONCEPTION, OCCURRENCE, PARTICIPATE, PROCEDURE, RECUR

Advanced: ANTECEDENT, CONCUR, CURSORY, EMANCIPATE, INCESSANT, INCEPTION, INCURSION, PERCEPTIVE, PRECEDENT, PRECURSOR, SECEDE, SUSCEPTIBLE

1) Desire to learn and know about anything; inquisitiveness; something that arouses interest (noun)

2) To feel or realize beforehand; to look forward to, esp. with pleasure or confidence (verb)

3) A number of persons or things arranged or following one another in order or sequence (noun)

4) Unfavorably terminated attempts or endeavors; not attaining wealth, honors, etc. (adjective)

5) A set of instructions or directions for making or preparing something, esp. a food dish (noun)

6) Free from error; conforming to the truth; consistent with a standard, rule, or model (adjective)

7) Freedom from risk or danger; safety; freedom from doubt, fear, or anxiety; confidence (noun)

8) The person from whom one is descended esp. if more remote than a grandparent (noun)

9) Treatment of the hands and fingernails, including the shaping and polishing of the nails (noun)

10) A fundamental law, truth, axiom or doctrine; an accepted rule or action of conduct (noun)

11) Unusually excellent; superior; extraordinary; forming a rare or unusual instance (adjective)

12) Something indispensable; an unavoidable need or imperative requirement (noun)