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capt, cept, ceive, List 2

This vocabulary list features words with the Latin roots capt, cept, and ceive, meaning "take, hold."
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  1. reception
    the act of taking in
    This precise alignment of signals in time enables the cell network to organize and manage the transmission and reception of data from multiple devices, like your cellphone.Science Daily
  2. perception
    the process of becoming aware through the senses
    With a power of perception that far outpaced his era, Burnham recognized that the tiniest details would shape the way people judged the exposition. The Devil in the White City
  3. acceptable
    meeting requirements
    She found a shallow pool filled with water lilies: The bulbs would make acceptable food when other things ran out. A Girl Named Disaster
  4. intercept
    seize, interrupt, or stop something on its way
    Agents managed to intercept Cornwallis’s encrypted reports to Clinton during the siege of Yorktown, and James Lovell cracked the code that Cornwallis used. George Washington, Spymaster
  5. susceptible
    yielding readily to or capable of undergoing a process
    And the early stages of these fishes, even more than the adults, are especially susceptible to direct chemical poisoning. Silent Spring
  6. captivity
    the state of being imprisoned
    It would be a rude shock for Theo, Vincent tells him, to be on his own; it would be disorienting, like leaving a prison after years of captivity. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers
  7. deception
    a misleading falsehood
    White and his men had earlier confronted Morrison after learning of his deception. Killers of the Flower Moon
  8. captor
    a person who entraps and holds someone else
    Day after day the captives walked, saying very little to one another or to their captors. Copper Sun
  9. imperceptible
    impossible or difficult to sense
    As it went down, slipping lightly through the old man’s fingers, he still could feel the great weight, though the pressure of his thumb and finger were almost imperceptible. The Old Man and The Sea
  10. captivate
    attract; cause to be enamored
    Standing motionless, she captivated an audience that included other well-known singers. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights
Created on Tue Jun 03 17:36:26 EDT 2025

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