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Chapter Exercises 2272. Retracting an extracta. accepting congratulations for the most excellent part of a speechb. admitting that a paragraph in a book was incorrectc. apologizing for a speech that was insulting to others3. A person would be most distraught if she inadvertently losta. her umbrella. b. her university identification.c. her daughter.4. Something a person can circumvent or traversea. a class in calculus b. a hill c. a skyscraper5. The most transitory diversiona. a two-minute trip to buy food b. a one-thousand-page novelc. a three-minute film clip on YouTubeChapter Exercises■ Practicing Strategies: New Words from Word ElementsUse your knowledge of word elements to determine the meanings of thesewords and complete each sentence. Use each choice only once.a. abduct e. circumsolar i. intractableb. Antivert f. circulatory j. staticc. aqueducts g. detention k. tenord. avert h. injection l. transcontinental1. Aqua means “water”; the ancient Romans builtto lead water to their cities.Copyright © Cengage Learning. All Right Reserved.2. When you are put in in high school, you are“held” in a special office.3. Something that is stands still, rather thanmoving.4. When we get a(n) , medicine is “thrown into”our bodies.5. A famous train system connected New York toCalifornia.6. The system conducts blood “around” the body.