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  • Common Core alignment to a Definition Match puzzle is to the key phrase "Precise Meaning".
    CCSS Alignment Strand Numbers for Specific Grades:
    Precise Meaning: "CCSS.ELA-Literacy." precedes these numbers: 2.4e, 3.4d, 4.4c, 5.4c, 6.4c, 7.4c, 8.4c, 9-10.4c, 11-12.4c
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    Word Roots 12: GEN, PUL, SPIR Beginner Definition Match -- myvocabulary.com

    Directions:
    MATCH the Latin Roots GEN, PUL, SPIR - BEGINNER level word list with the proper definitions. Use the pull down Select bar to choose the correct letter match.
    When you hit Submit, you will get back the correct vocabulary answers, a sentence and percentage score for correct answers. This Latin word root activity aligns with Common Core Standards.
    Clue:
    The Latin word list comes from Latin Roots GEN, PUL, SPIR - BEGINNER level word list. In addition to this Definition Match, www.myvocabulary.com also includes a free Interactive Puzzle, Fill-in-the-Blanks, Word Search, Crossword, Synonym or Antonym, True or False and Reading Passage.
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    Word List
     
    1) gentle
    2) pulse
    3) propulsion
    4) engineer
    5) perspire
    6) inspiration
    7) spiritless
    8) genie
    9) compelling
    10) general
    11) respirator
    12) dispel
    Definition List
     
    A)  Having a powerful and irresistible effect; tending to force or drive a course of action (adj.)
    B)  To cause to vanish; to drive off in various directions; to disperse (verb)
    C)  Person trained or skilled in the practical application of science or math (noun)
    D)  True to all of a particular class, group or body; common to most; widespread (adj.)
    E)  A spirit, often appearing in human form, that carries out the wishes of the person summoning
    F)  Not severe, rough or violent; kind or amiable; refined (adj.)
    G)  Stimulation of the mind or emotions to a high level of feeling or activity; divine guidance (noun)
    H)  To sweat; to secrete a salty, watery fluid from the sweat glands (verb)
    I)  State of driving or causing to move forward or onward as well as sustain in motion (noun)
    J)  Regular throbbing of the arteries caused by the successive contractions of the heart (noun)
    K)  Device to produce artificial inhalation; filtering device to prevent breathing noxious gas (noun)
    L)  Without ardor, vigor or zeal; without the animating principle of life (adj.)