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In this session we will study three roots/cells: NAT, TRACT-TRA and SEQU-SECU. Do you know what each one means? (NAT = be born; TRACT = pull, draw; SEQU = follow) The following story will further clarify the meanings of these new words.

Sophia, a woman of Greek NATIONALITY, wanted a DISTRACTION and decided to study the SUPERNATURAL. Familiar with COGNATES, she examined languages that gave a PORTRAYAL of creatures and unexplained events. Perhaps she was NAÏVE but she even pursued INCONSEQUENTIAL details and information of a SECONDARY nature. She became so involved that she indicated a need to PROTRACT her analysis. The final SEQUEL to her interest ended with unkind associates who were annoyed with her obsession of ABSTRACT circumstances. They began to PERSECUTE her for her fantasies.
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Rooty*Hoot*Hoot - Puzzle #1 "text" where the master root is NAT:

• Answer 1: NAT--be born--Keyword is 7 letter adjective--Descended from the same language; related by birth; of the same parentage or descent
• Answer 2: NAT--be born--Keyword is 12 letter noun--Being above or beyond what is explainable by natural law; attributed top ghosts and goblins
• Answer 3: NA--be born--Keyword is 5 letter adjective--Showing a lack of experience, judgment or information; having unaffected simplicity of nature
• Answer 4: NAT--be born--Keyword is 11 letter noun--People having a common origin, tradition, language and capability of forming a state; an ethnic group

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Rooty*Hoot*Hoot - Puzzle #2 "text" where the master root is TRACT:

• Answer 5: TRACT--draw, pull--Keyword is 8 letter adjective that means: "Thoughts not part of concrete realities, specific objectives, or actual instances."
• Answer 6: TRA--draw, pull--Keyword is 9 letter noun that means: "Act of making a likeness by drawing, carving, etc.; representing dramatically, as on the stage."
• Answer 7: TRACT--draw, pull--Keyword is 8 letter verb that means: "To draw out or lengthen, esp. in time; to prolong."
• Answer 8: TRACT--draw, pull--Keyword is 11 letter noun that means: "The act of drawing away or diverting; a person or thing that prevents concentration."

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Rooty*Hoot*Hoot - Puzzle #3 "text" where the master root is SEQU-SECU:

• Answer 9: SEQU--follow--Keyword is 9 letter adjective--Next after the first in order, rank or time; of lesser importance; not primary or original
• Answer 10: SEC--follow--Keyword is 6 letter noun--An event that follows or comes afterword; a work (novel or movie) that continues a story
• Answer 11: SEQU--follow--Keyword is 15 letter adjective--Having little or no importance; lacking in significance; trivial
• Answer 12: SECU--follow--Keyword is 9 letter verb--To subject to harassing or cruel treatment; to oppress

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