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KEY:  1–a, 2–b, 3–c, 4–b, 5–c, 6–b, 7–c, 8–c





  B. Can you recognize roots?


                             ROOT                                                      MEANING

    1. ego                                                                             ___________

  EXAMPLE   egoist


    2. alter                                                                           ___________

  EXAMPLE   alternative

    3. verto                                                                           ___________


  EXAMPLE   introvert

    4. misein                                                                          ___________

  EXAMPLE   misogynist


    5. anthropos                                                                       ___________

  EXAMPLE   anthropologist

    6. gyne                                                                            ___________


  EXAMPLE   gynecologist

    7. gamos                                                                           ___________

  EXAMPLE   bigamy


    8. centrum                                                                         ___________

  EXAMPLE   egocentric

    9. dexter                                                                          ___________


  EXAMPLE   dexterous

  10. droit                                                                            ___________

  EXAMPLE   adroit


  11. monos                                                                            ___________

  EXAMPLE   monogamy

  12. andros                                                                           ___________
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