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Twelve vocabulary words with the roots of GRAD-GRESS, MOT-MOB-MUT and CAS-CAD-CID. ____1 graduation ____2 occasional ____3 gradually ____4 casualty ____5 momentarily ____6 centigrade ____7 ingredient ____8 commotion ____9 emotional ____10 incidence ____11 cascade ____12 remote

Match the twelve definitions below to the vocabulary words on the right. A---Encountered, occurring, appearing or taken at irregular or infrequent intervals; from time-to-time B---At an instant; fleetingly; transiently C---Markedly aroused or agitated in feelings or sensibilities D---Award or acceptance of an academic degree or study; ceremony of conferring degrees; arrangement in degrees, levels or ranks E---Condition of civil unrest or insurrection; a steady or recurrent motion; an agitated disturbance; noisy confusion F---A steep, usually small, fall of water especially one of a series or in a succession of stages; something falling or rushing forth in quantity G---Taking place or changing etc. by small steps or degrees; little by little; slowly; moving by fine or imperceptible motion H---An occurrence; an act or the fact of falling upon or affecting I---Person or thing injured, lost or destroyed; serious or fatal accident J---Separated by an interval or space greater than usual; out-of-the-way; secluded; controlled indirectly from a distance; distant in manner (aloof) K---Something that enters as an element or component part into a mixture; constituent L---Divided into 100 degrees as a scale; celsius. Abbrev. cent, symbol C

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Try our other Session #127 exercises:
Definition MATCH: ["S127Level 1 Match-you are here"] -- ["S127Level 2 Match"] -- ["S127Level 3 Match"]
Fill-in-the-blanks: ["S127Level 1-FITB-you are here"] -- ["S127Level 2-FITB"] -- ["S127Level 3-FITB"]
Synonym/Antonym Encounters: [S127Level 1-Syn/Ant] -- [S127Level 2-Syn/Ant] -- [S127Level 3-Syn/Ant]
Is It True or False?: ["S127Level 1 T/F"] -- ["S127Level 2 T/F"] -- ["S127Level 3 T/F"]
Find the Words: ["S127Level 1 WF"] -- ["S127Level 2 WF"] -- ["S127Level 3 WF"]
Crosswords: ["S127Level 1-C/W"] -- ["S127Level 2-C/W"] -- ["S127Level 3-C/W"]
Return to interactive puzzles at: ["S127 Level 1"] -- ["S127 Level 2"] -- ["S127 Level 3"]

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Don't forget to complete other activities and educational exercises from our current Session #138:

Interactive puzzles at grade level: ["S138 Level 1"] -- ["S138 Level 2"] -- ["S138 Level 3"]
Crosswords: ["S138Level 1 C/W"] -- ["S138Level 2 C/W"] -- ["S138Level 3 C/W"]
Find the Words: ["S138Level 1 WF"] -- ["S138Level 2 WF"] -- ["S138Level 3 WF"]
Fill-in-the-Blanks: ["S138Level 1-FITB"] -- ["S138Level 2-FITB"] -- ["S138Level 3-FITB"]
Synonym/Antonym Encounters: [S138Level 1-Syn/Ant] -- [S138Level 2-Syn/Ant] -- [S138Level 3-Syn/Ant]
Definition MATCH: ["S138Level 1-Match"] -- ["S138Level 2-Match"] -- ["S138Level 3-Match"]
Is It True or False?: ["S138Level 1 T/F"] -- ["S138Level 2 T/F"] -- ["S138Level 3 T/F"]
Contextual Stories: ["S138Level 1 Story"] -- ["S138Level 2 Story"] -- ["S138Level 3 Story"]

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