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capt, cept, ceive, List 3

This vocabulary list features words with the Latin roots capt, cept, and ceive, meaning "take, hold."
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  1. recapture
    seize, catch, or take again
    A few managed to break loose and make a mad dash for freedom, only to be recaptured in no time, admonished or whipped, or both, and ordered to march again. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography
  2. susceptibility
    the state of being easily affected
    In 2004 two U.S. anthropologists and a Venezuelan medical researcher proposed that Native American susceptibility to infectious disease might have a second cause: helper-T cells, which like HLAs help the immune system recognize foreign objects. 1491
  3. receptive
    open to arguments, ideas, or change
    Confronted with an intractable problem, he was prepared to work at it harder and longer than most people and to be more receptive to unorthodox explanations. A Short History of Nearly Everything
  4. misconception
    an incorrect assumption
    It is a common misconception that birds abandon their babies because of scent. A Bird Will Soar
  5. captivating
    attracting and holding interest as if by a spell
    The more I participated in class, the more I realized that I was no longer interested in the lesson plan because of the possible reward, but because I genuinely found the lesson captivating. The Freedom Writers Diary
  6. perceptive
    having the ability to understand
    Since the nobles are more perceptive and cunning, they always have time to save themselves, seeking the favours of the side they believe will prevail. The Prince
  7. captious
    tending to find and call attention to faults
    “I wish you’d learn to put the caps back on things properly when you’re finished using them,” she said in a tone she fully meant to sound captious. Franny and Zooey
  8. preconception
    an opinion formed beforehand without adequate evidence
    Levinson’s travels smash a lot of his preconceptions — for instance, when he sipped 12-year-old scotch with citizens of Pakistan, a supposedly “teetotaling Islamic Republic.”The New York Times
  9. apperception
    the process whereby an object is related to past experiences
    Nine-tenths of every picture is the product, not of perception, but of apperception. Curry, S. S. (Samuel Silas)
  10. ill-conceived
    poorly thought out
    In fact, much as I admired his planning and pluck, his trip seemed frighteningly ill-conceived. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho
  11. insusceptible
    not able or likely to be affected by something
    Healthy men and animals often carry the poison, though themselves insusceptible. Various
Created on Tue Jun 03 17:37:17 EDT 2025

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