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KEY: 1–b, 2–a, 3–c, 4–b, 5–c, 6–b and c, 7–c, 8–a, 9–c

B. Can you recognize roots?

ROOT MEANING

1. nervus _________________

EXAMPLE enervate

2. ergon _________________

EXAMPLE energy

3. nego _________________

EXAMPLE self-abnegation

4. caput, capitis _________________

EXAMPLE decapitate

5. capitulum _________________

EXAMPLE recapitulate

6. vegeto _________________

EXAMPLE vegetate

7. simulo _________________

EXAMPLE dissimulate

8. similis _________________

EXAMPLE similarity

9. levis _________________

EXAMPLE levity

10. intimus _________________

EXAMPLE intimation

11. miser _________________

EXAMPLE commiserate

12. vacillo _________________