VOCAB U. - Session #139 - Level 3 "Match the Definition" Activity

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Roots of NAT, SEQU/SECU and TRACT/TREA
    1. _____ Natal

    2. _____ Sectarian

    3. _____ Intrinsic

    4. _____ Intractable

    5. _____ Obsequious

    6. _____ Ensue

    7. _____ Renaissance

    8. _____ Entreat

    9. _____ Innate

    10. _____ Distraught

    11. _____ Traction

    12. _____ Nascent

Match the twelve definitions below to the vocabulary words on the left
    a. - Existing from birth; inborn; native; inherent in one's character

    b. - Hard to treat, relieve or cure; not docile or manageable; stubborn

    c. - Part of the essential nature; inherent or belonging to by its very nature

    d. - Beginning to exist or develop; coming into existence; emerging

    e. - Adhesive friction of a body on some surface; deliberate pulling of a muscle to correct dislocation

    f. - Renewal; rebirth; period of time between the 14th & 17th centuries of great revival of art, literature and learning in Europe

    g. - Bewildered; deeply agitated; crazed; troubled with doubt or mental conflict

    h. - Narrowly confined or devoted to a particular religious faith, denomination or group with a uniting theme

    i. - Of or pertaining to a person's birth; accompanying birth

    j. - Showing servile complaisance or deference; sycophantic

    k. - To ask or request something earnestly; to beseech; to implore; to beg

    l. - To follow in order; to come afterward, esp. in immediate succession; to follow as a consequence or a result

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Definition MATCH: ["S139Level 3-Match-you are here"] -- ["S139Level 2-Match"] -- ["S139Level 1-Match"]
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Find the Words: ["S139Level 1 WF"] -- ["S139Level 2 WF"] -- ["S139Level 3 WF"]
Fill-in-the-Blanks: ["S139Level 1-FITB"] -- ["S139Level 2-FITB"] -- ["S139Level 3-FITB"]
Is It True or False?: ["S139Level 1 T/F"] -- ["S139Level 2 T/F"] -- ["S139Level 3 T/F"]
Synonym/Antonym Encounters: [S139Level 1-Syn/Ant] -- [S139Level 2-Syn/Ant] -- [S139Level 3-Syn/Ant]
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  • Level 1 words: Attractive, Consequence, Contract, Executive, Good-natured, International, Nativity, Portrait, Pursuit, Retraction, Subsequent, Unnatural
  • Level 2 words: Abstract, Cognate, Distraction, Inconsequential, Naive, Nationality, Persecute, Portrayal, Protracted, Secondary, Sequel, Supernatural
  • Level 3 words: Distraught, Ensue, Entreat, Innate, Intractable, Intrinsic, Nascent, Natal, Obsequious, Renaissance, Sectarian, Traction
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