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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 Root 12: GEN, PUL, SPIR Intermediate Definition Match -- myvocabulary.com

    Directions:
    MATCH the Latin Roots GEN, PUL, SPIR - INTERMEDIATE 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 - INTERMEDIATE 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) pulsate
    2) conspiracy
    3) expire
    4) ingenuity
    5) respiration
    6) repulsive
    7) spirituality
    8) impulsive
    9) genocide
    10) compulsory
    11) genetics
    12) regeneration
    Definition List
     
    A)  Required; mandatory; something employing or exerting force or constraint (adj.)
    B)  Act of agreeing together, especially secretly, to do something wrong, illegal or evil (noun)
    C)  To come to an end; to terminate; to emit the last breath (verb)
    D)  Branch of biology dealing with the principles and mechanisms of heredity (noun)
    E)  Deliberate and systematic extermination of a national, racial or cultural group (noun)
    F)  Activated or swayed by a sudden, involuntary inclination; impetuous (adj.)
    G)  Quality of being cleverly inventive, resourceful or skilled in design or execution (noun)
    H)  To beat or throb; to vibrate; to expand or contract rhythmically (verb)
    I)  Renewal or restoration of a body or body part after injury or as a normal process (noun)
    J)  Causing repugnance or aversion; tending to drive away or keep at a distance (adj.)
    K)  Inhalation and exhalation of air for the purpose of maintaining life; breathing (noun)
    L)  Quality of the soul or spirit; being religious; incorporeal or immaterial (noun)