Sentences:  He ____ the existence of a ____ that justified
such ____.  The delegate ____ his authority when he consented to ____ the
territory.  He would not ____ from his position or ____ for mercy. 
At ____ the pupils ____ in forming a ____.  His ____ was suffering from
an ____ at the time the Southern states ____.  His agony ____ only with
his ____.

Ceive, ceit, cept, cip, cap(t) (take):  (1) receive, deceive, perceive, deceit, conceit, receipt, reception, perception, inception, conception, interception, accept, except, precept, municipal, participate, anticipate, capable, capture, captivate, case (chest, covering), casement, incase, cash, cashier, chase, catch, prince, forceps, occupy; (2) receptacle, recipient, incipient, precipitate, accipiter, capacious, incapacitate.

Sentences:  Though she ____ the officers, she did not prevent
the ____ of the fugitive.  He ____ that the man was very ____.  The mayor
skilfully ____ the alderman and proposed that ____ bonds be issued.  The
sight of the money ____ him and he quickly gave me a ____.  He uttered
musty ____, which were not always given a friendly ____.  From the ____ of
the movement he plotted to ____ the leadership in it.  The ____ took part
in the ____, but failed to ____ any of the game.

Cide, cis(e) (cut, kill):  (1) decide, suicide, homicide, concise, precise, decisive, incision, scissors, chisel, cement; (2) patricide, fratricide, infanticide, regicide, germicide, excision, circumcision, incisors, cesura.

Sentences:  He could not ____ whether to make the ____ with
a ____ or a pair of ____.  There was ____ evidence that he was the ____. 
In a few ____ sentences he explained why his friend could never have been
a ____.  The prim old lady had very ____ manners of speech.

Cur, course (run):  (1) current, currency, incur, concur, occurrence, cursory, excursion, course, discourse, intercourse, recourse; (2) curriculum, precursor, discursive, recurrent, concourse, courier, succor, corridor.

Sentences:  He ____ in the request that payment be made in ____. 
The ____ was so strong that the ____ by steamer had to be abandoned.  In
the ____ of his remarks he had ____ to various shifts and evasions.  By his
____ with one faction, though it was but ____, he ____ the enmity of the
other.  It was a disgraceful ____.

Dic, dict (speak, say):  (1) dedicate, vindicate, indication, predicament, predict, addict, verdict, indict, dictionary, dictation, jurisdiction, vindictive, contradiction, benediction, ditto, condition; (2) abdicate, adjudicate, juridical, diction, dictum, dictator, dictaphone, dictograph, edict, interdict, valedictory, malediction, ditty, indite, ipse dixit, on dit.