VOCAB U. - Session #132 - Level 3 "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 CESS/CED, CEPT/CIP and CUR.
    1. _____ emancipate

    2. _____ incessant

    3. _____ perceptive

    4. _____ precursor

    5. _____ antecedent

    6. _____ cursory

    7. _____ precedent

    8. _____ susceptible

    9. _____ incursion

    10. _____ secede

    11. _____ concur

    12. _____ inception

Match the twelve definitions below to the vocabulary words on the left.
    a. Continuing without interruption or respite; unending; continuous

    b. Person or thing that precedes; indicator that suggests someone or something to come; forerunner

    c. To be of the same opinion; to agree; to happen or act together

    d. Liable to be strickened with or by; easily influenced or subject to being affected; esp. sensitive

    e. A preceding circumstance, event, occurrence or phenomenon

    f. A beginning or marking the beginning of something; commencement

    g. To withdraw formally from an association, alliance or federation

    h. To free from constraint (of custom or tradition); to free (slaves) from bondage

    i. Going quickly over something without noticing the details; hastily and superficially done

    j. Having the ability to take in something thoroughly or see clearly; discerning

    k. Hostile invasion; an aggressive entrance into a place or foreign territory

    l. Act or instance that may serve as a justification or example for subsequent situations

Again, feel free to make a copy!

Try our other Session #132 exercises:
Definition MATCH: ["S132Level 3-Match--you are here"] -- ["S132Level 1-Match"] -- ["S132Level 2-Match"]
Fill-in-the-Blanks: ["S132Level 1-FITB"] -- ["S132Level 2-FITB"] -- ["S132Level 3-FITB"]
Crosswords: ["S132Level 1 C/W"] -- ["S132Level 2 C/W"] -- ["S132Level 3 C/W"]
Find the Words: ["S132Level 1 WF"] -- ["S132Level 2 WF"] -- ["S132Level 3 WF"]
Synonym/Antonym Encounters: [S132Level 1-Syn/Ant] -- [S132Level 2-Syn/Ant] -- [S132Level 3-Syn/Ant]
Return to interactive puzzles at: ["S132 Level 1"] -- ["S132 Level 2"] -- ["S132 Level 3"]

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

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