VOCAB U. - Session #138 - Level 3 "Match the Definition" Activity

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Roots of JUR, CRE/CER/CRI and LEG.
    1. _____ SECRETE

    2. _____ ALLEGATION

    3. _____ UNJUSTLY

    4. _____ CERTIFY

    5. _____ PERJURY

    6. _____ RELEGATE

    7. _____ RECRIMINATION

    8. _____ ILLEGITIMATE

    9. _____ DISCRIMINATE

    10. _____ ABJURE

    11. _____ LEGACY

    12. _____ JURISDICTION

Match the twelve definitions below to the vocabulary words on the left.
    a. - Without or lacking fairness.

    b. - The willful giving of false testimony under oath, especially in a legal inquiry.

    c. - A bitter countercharge (or counteraccusation) against a denouncer.

    d. - Anything handed down from the past, as from an ancestor.

    e. - To confine or send to an inferior or lower position, condition or place.

    f. - Right, power or authority to hear, to determine and to administer justice in a case.

    g. - To discharge, generate or release; to separate out (a substance) from cells.

    h. - To distinguish or note as different; to show partiality; to differentiate against.

    i. - To attest to as certain; to confirm; to testify or vouch for; to guarantee.

    j. - Not correct by law; not in accordance with established rules, principles or standards.

    k. - To repudiate or retract especially with formal solemnity; to recant; to forswear.

    l. - An affirmation or assertion with little or no proof.

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Definition MATCH: ["S138Level 3-Match-you are here"] -- ["S138Level 2-Match"] -- ["S138Level 1-Match"]
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"]
Is It True or False?: ["S138Level 1 T/F"] -- ["S138Level 2 T/F"] -- ["S138Level 3 T/F"]
Synonym/Antonym Encounters: [S138Level 1-Syn/Ant] -- [S138Level 2-Syn/Ant] -- [S138Level 3-Syn/Ant]
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  • Level 1 words: adjustment, certificate, collegiate, concern, concerto, illegal, injury, juror, justify, legislature, privilege, secrecy
  • Level 2 words: allege, ascertain, colleague, conjure, delegate, discern, discreet, indiscretion, injurious, justification, loyalty, readjustment
  • Level 3 words: abjure, allegation, certify, discriminate, illegitimate, jurisdiction, legacy, perjury, recrimination, relegate, scerete, unjustly
    ANSWERS: 1 - g; 2 - L; 3 - a; 4 - i; 5 - b; 6 - e; 7 - c; 8 - j; 9 - h; 10 - k; 11 - d; 12 - f
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