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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.

A young professor wanted to launch a NASCENT study of the RENAISSANCE. Even with his own INNATE abilities, he decided to ENTREAT two graduate students to learn INTRINSIC details of SECTARIAN beliefs and of NATAL customs in Italy. Don, in TRACTION due to an accident, became DISTRAUGHT at the burden of more work. He became INTRACTABLE in his refusal to help. Joan, more OBSEQUIOUS, willingly agreed to assist in the research and, as a result, a long discussion ENSUED.
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Rooty*Hoot*Hoot - Puzzle #1 "text" where the master root is NAT:

• Answer 1: NA--be born--Keyword is 7 letter adjective--Beginning to exist or develop; coming into existence; emerging
• Answer 2: NA--be born--Keyword is 11 letter noun--Renewal; rebirth; period of time between the 14th & 17th centuries of great revival of art, literature and learning in Europe
• Answer 3: NAT--be born--Keyword is 5 letter adjective--Of or pertaining to a person's birth; accompanying birth
• Answer 4: NAT--be born--Keyword is 6 letter adjective--Existing from birth; inborn; native; inherent in one's character

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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 noun that means: "Adhesive friction of a body on some surface; deliberate pulling of a muscle to correct dislocation."
• Answer 6: TRA--draw, pull--Keyword is 10 letter adjective that means: "Bewildered; deeply agitated; crazed; troubled with doubt or mental conflict."
• Answer 7: TREA--draw, pull--Keyword is 7 letter verb that means: "To ask or request something earnestly; to beseech; to implore; to beg."
• Answer 8: TRACT--draw, pull--Keyword is 11 letter adjective that means: "Hard to treat, relieve or cure; not docile or manageable; stubborn."

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

• Answer 9: SIC--follow--Keyword is 9 letter adjective--Part of the essential nature; inherent or belonging to by its very nature
• Answer 10: SUE--follow--Keyword is 5 letter verb--To follow in order; to come afterward, esp. in immediate succession; to follow as a consequence or a result
• Answer 11: SEQU--follow--Keyword is 10 letter adjective--Showing servile complaisance or deference; sycophantic
• Answer 12: SECT--follow--Keyword is 9 letter adjective--Narrowly confined or devoted to a particular religious faith, denomination or group with a uniting theme

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