Roots and Affixes, Grade 5: cept, capt, ceive (take, hold, seize)

Learn these words derived from the Latin roots cept, capt, and ceive, meaning “take,” “hold,” and “seize.”
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  1. accept
    receive willingly something given or offered
  2. acceptable
    worthy of approval or satisfactory
  3. capture
    seize as if by hunting, snaring, or trapping
  4. captive
    a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war
  5. captor
    a person who entraps and holds someone else
  6. concept
    an abstract or general idea inferred from specific instances
  7. deceive
    be dishonest with
  8. deception
    a misleading falsehood
  9. perceive
    become aware of through the senses
  10. receive
    get something; come into possession of
Created on Fri May 29 14:24:40 EDT 2026 (updated Fri May 29 14:40:03 EDT 2026)

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