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Dale's Roots: cept
Words with cept, ceive as a root
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| receive | verb: to get |
| reception | noun: a party (guests are received--welcomed) |
| recipient | noun: the person who gets something |
| conceive | verb: to imagine, to create an idea, to get pregnant |
| conceivable | adjective: possible, believable |
| inconceivable | adjective: impossible, unbelievable |
| conception | noun: making a baby, creating an idea |
| contraception | noun: birth control |
| interception | noun: catching or stealing while something is being sent or moving |
| intercept | verb: to catch or steal while something is being sent or moving |
| deceive | verb: to lie to or to make someone believe the wrong thing, hide the truth |
| deception | noun: a lie, making someone believe the wrong thing, hiding the truth |
| deceptive | adjective: not trustworthy |
| except | preposition: but not; opposite of "including", excluding |
| exception | noun: the thing that is not included in the main group |
| exceptional | adjective: special, amazing, different from the others, |
| perceive | verb: to see or notice |
| perception | noun: the ability to see or notice, viewpoint, opinion, the way you see it |
| perceptive | adjective: very good at seeing or noticing even small things, smart |
| accept | verb: to take what is given or offered |
| acceptable | adjective: okay |
| acceptance | noun(often used as an adjective) : the action of taking what is given |