VOCAB U. - Session #130 - Level 2 "Match the Definition" Exercise:

This activity is NOT interactive, but the answers are at the bottom of this page. You have permission to make a hard copy for further vocabulary study.

Twelve vocabulary words with the roots of JECT, LECT-LEG-LIG and PEND-PENT.
  • 1. _____ objective

  • 2. _____ pendant

  • 3. _____ diligently

  • 4. _____ perpendicular

  • 5. _____ intelligensia

  • 6. _____ illegible

  • 7. _____ conjecture

  • 8. _____ legacy

  • 9. _____ pendulum

  • 10. _____ adjacent

  • 11. _____ projection

  • 12. _____ appendage
Match the twelve definitions below to the vocabulary words on the left.
  • a. the cultured or political elite (group)

  • b. hanging or suspended ornament (jewel)

  • c. straight up & down; vertical

  • d. adjoining; lying near or close

  • e. a bequest; gift of property (a will)

  • f. purpose; goal

  • g. a swinging lever

  • h. being earnest in effort

  • i. an opinion formed from incomplete evidence

  • j. a limb or subsidiary part

  • k. hard to read; not easily deciphered

  • l. something thrusting outward

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Try our other Session #130 exercises:
Definition MATCH: ["S130Level 2-Match--you are here"] -- ["S130Level 1-Match"] -- ["S130Level 3-Match"]
Fill-in-the-Blanks: ["S130Level 1-FITB"] -- ["S130Level 2-FITB"] -- ["S130Level 3-FITB"]
Crosswords: ["S130Level 1 C/W"] -- ["S130Level 2 C/W"] -- ["S130Level 3 C/W"]
Find the Words: ["S130Level 1 WF"] -- ["S130Level 2 WF"] -- ["S130Level 3 WF"]
Synonym/Antonym Encounters: [S130Level 1-Syn/Ant] -- [S130Level 2-Syn/Ant] -- [S130Level 3-Syn/Ant]
Return to interactive puzzles at: ["S130 Level 1"] -- ["S130 Level 2"] -- ["S130 Level 3"]

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ANSWERS: 1 - F; 2 - B; 3 - H; 4 - C; 5 - A; 6 - K; 7 - i; 8 - E; 9 - G; 10 - D; 11 - L; 12 - J.

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