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Chapter Exercises 197■ Practicing Strategies: Combining Context Cluesand Word ElementsIn each sentence, one italicized word contains a word element thatyou have studied in this chapter. Use the meaning of the word elementand context to make an intelligent guess about its meaning in eachsentence.1. Authors of children’s books often use anthropomorphism, representingbees or flowers or kittens as having human intelligence.Anthropomorphism means .2. Loud noises can engender hearing loss.Engender means .3. It is impossible to find a panacea for all the problems of humanity.Panacea means .The next two items are taken from newspaper sources.4. Malone said the term “mailroom” is a misnomer in the newspaper industrybecause its functions are not limited to the distribution ofmail.Misnomer means .5. Under natural selection, beneficial genes become more common in apopulation as their owners have more progeny.Copyright © Cengage Learning. All Right Reserved.Progeny means .■ Companion WordsComplete each sentence with the best word. You may use choices morethan once, and some items may have more than one correct answer.Choices: of, for, to, under, by, into1. We were tantalized the photos of the expensive vacationvilla.2. Bacteria are vital food digestion.