VOCAB U. - Session #131 - 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 POS, VID/VIS and GEN.
    1. _____ supposedly

    2. _____ generic

    3. _____ imposing

    4. _____ visibility

    5. _____ proposal

    6. _____ supervise

    7. _____ degenerate

    8. _____ opposition

    9. _____ provisional

    10. _____ generalize

    11. _____ envision

    12. _____ ingenious

Match the twelve definitions below to the vocabulary words on the left.
    a. to watch over and direct the performance of; to oversee; to superintend

    b. to derive or infer (a broad principle) from particular facts

    c. impressive because of great size, stately appearance, dignity of bearing, etc.

    d. pertaining to or applicable to all members of a class, group or kind; not protected by trademark registration

    e. the quality, state or fact of being seen or being perceptible to the eye

    f. being assumed or accepted without certainty as true; hypothetically;

    g. to decline in physical, mental or moral qualities; to deteriorate

    h. to picture mentally, esp. some future event or events

    i. action of resisting, acting against or combating; antagonism or hostility

    j. serving for the time being only; temporary; accepted or adapted tentatively; conditional

    k. act of offering or suggesting something for acceptance, adoption or performance

    l. characterized by cleverness or originally of invention; resourceful

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Try our other Session #131 exercises:
Definition MATCH: ["S131Level 2-Match--you are here"] -- ["S131Level 1-Match"] -- ["S131Level 3-Match"]
Fill-in-the-Blanks: ["S131Level 1-FITB"] -- ["S131Level 2-FITB"] -- ["S131Level 3-FITB"]
Crosswords: ["S131Level 1 C/W"] -- ["S131Level 2 C/W"] -- ["S131Level 3 C/W"]
Find the Words: ["S131Level 1 WF"] -- ["S131Level 2 WF"] -- ["S131Level 3 WF"]
Synonym/Antonym Encounters: [S131Level 1-Syn/Ant] -- [S131Level 2-Syn/Ant] -- [S131Level 3-Syn/Ant]
Return to interactive puzzles at: ["S131 Level 1"] -- ["S131 Level 2"] -- ["S131 Level 3"]

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ANSWERS: 1 - f; 2 - d; 3 - c; 4 - e; 5 - k; 6 - a; 7 - g; 8 - i; 9 - j; 10 - b; 11 - h; 12 - l.

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