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KEY: 1–c, 2–b, 3–a, 4–b, 5–c, 6–b, 7–a, 8–a, 9–c, 10–c, 11–a, 12–a and b, 13–c, 14–b, 15–b,
16–c, 17–c, 18–b, 19–c, 20–a

B. Can you recognize roots?

ROOT MEANING

1. taceo _________________

EXAMPLE taciturn

2. loquor _________________

EXAMPLE loquacity

3. solus _________________

EXAMPLE soliloquize

4. venter, ventris _________________

EXAMPLE ventral

5. magnus _________________

EXAMPLE magniloquent

6. grandis _________________

EXAMPLE grandiloquent

7. verbum _________________

EXAMPLE verbatim

8. volvo, volutus _________________

EXAMPLE revolution

9. garrio _________________

EXAMPLE garrulous

10. animus _________________

EXAMPLE magnanimous

11. opus _________________

EXAMPLE magnum opus