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

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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
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, myvocabulary.objectsdev.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) aspiration
2) expulsion
3) impelled
4) homogeneous
5) repellent
6) sprightly
7) compulsive
8) transpired
9) genealogy
10) progeny
11) genesis
12) esprit

Definition List

A) Occurring, happening or taking place; emitting or giving off through the surface, as of leaves or the body. (adj.)
B) Full of life and acting with energy used esp. for older people; acting like an elf, fairy or goblin; (adj.)
C) Tending to drive away or ward off; resistant or impervious; causing distaste or aversion (adj.)
D) Children; offspring collectively; something that originates from something else (noun)
E) Driving or urging forward; imparting motion to; compelling through moral pressure (adj.)
F) Composed of parts or elements that are all of the same kind; essentially alike (adj.)
G) An origin, creation or beginning; the first book of the Bible (cap.) (noun)
H) State of driving or forcing out or away; act of ejecting or discharging (noun)
I) The study of family lines; record of ancestry or descent (noun)
J) Liveliness of expression, mind, spirit or wit; dynamic intelligence (noun)
K) Characterized by perfectionism, rigidity, conscientiousness or an obsessive concern for order and detail (adj.)
L) A strong desire, longing or hope; ambition; a goal or objective desired (noun)
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