VOCAB U. - Session #131 - Level 3 "Match the Definition" Exercise:

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Twelve vocabulary words with the roots of POS, VID/VIS and GEN.
    1. _____ engender

    2. _____ imposter

    3. _____ repository

    4. _____ juxtapose

    5. _____ improvise

    6. _____ predisposition

    7. _____ congenial

    8. _____ proviso

    9. _____ indigenous

    10. _____ visionary

    11. _____ envious

    12. _____ genteel

Match the twelve definitions below to the vocabulary words on the left.
    a. to place close together or side by side, esp. for comparison or contrast

    b. originating in or characteristic of a particular region or country; native

    c. to produce, cause or give rise to; to beget; to come into existence

    d. person who practices deception under an assumed character, identity or name

    e. a receptacle or place where things are deposited, stored or offered for sale

    f. agreeable; suitable or pleasing in nature or character; having the same habits, tastes or temperament

    g. a person of unusually keen foresight; a dreamer; someone with impractical or highly speculative ideas

    h. the state of being inclined beforehand; giving a tendency or a bias

    i. to perform or deliver without previous preparation; to compose (music) at the moment.

    j. expressing a resentful discontent or covetousness of another's advantages or attainments

    k. a condition or a stipulation; a clause as a statute or a contract

    l. having an aristocratic quality or flair; well bred and stylish

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Try our other Session #131 exercises:
Definition MATCH: ["S131Level 3-Match--you are here"] -- ["S131Level 1-Match"] -- ["S131Level 2-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 - c; 2 - d; 3 - e; 4 - a; 5 - i; 6 - h; 7 - f; 8 - k; 9 - b; 10 - g; 11 - j; 12 - l.

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