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Answer: C
It is satellite.
One t, two l's, from the Latin satelles, an attendant. The word was applied to the moons of Jupiter by Kepler.
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Answer: A
It is inoculation.
One n and one c. From the Latin inoculare, to graft an eye or bud into a plant - the same oculus as in ocular.
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Answer: C
It is vulnerable.
From the Latin vulnus, a wound. The first vowel is a u and the third an e.
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Answer: D
It is modern.
The other three are misspellings of simple, banner and pattern. Modern comes from the Latin modo, just now.
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Answer: B
It is scripture.
From the Latin scribere, to write - the same root as script, describe and manuscript.
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Answer: C
It is committee.
Two m's, two t's and two e's - the most doubled word in ordinary English. From commit, whose t doubles before the suffix.
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Answer: A
It is exaggerate.
One x, two g's, from the Latin ex and aggerare, to heap up - to pile it on.
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Answer: B
It is voluptuous.
From the Latin voluptas, pleasure. The other three options misspell aspersion, vogue and equestrian.
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Answer: A
It is hindrance.
The e of hinder is dropped before -ance, as in remembrance and encumbrance.
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Answer: C
It is paralleled.
The final l of parallel does not double, because the stress falls on the first syllable. The word already has a doubled l in the middle.
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