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Here's a quiz for all you etymology buffs. Can you pick the words from the following list that come from the same Latin root?
A. redaction B. prodigal C. agent D. essay
E. navigate F. ambiguous
If you guessed all of them, you are right. Now, for bonus points, name the Latin root that they all have in common. If you knew that it is the verb agere, meaning to "to drive, lead, act, or do," you get an A+. Redaction is from the Latin verb redigere ("to bring back" or "to reduce"), which was formed by adding the prefix red- (meaning "back") to agere. Some other agere offspring include act, agenda, cogent, litigate, chasten, agile, and transact.
Examples of redaction in a Sentence
Alison Durkee, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
After the redactions, the files were sent to Bondi, who then reportedly told Trump in May that his name was in the files.
—Dan Gooding
gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Aug. 2025
Right Now said the redactions prevented the public from being able to evaluate whether there truly were no American applicants who could fill the jobs the UW visa-holders occupy.
—Kelly Meyerhofer, jsonline.com, 30 July 2025
Healey’s office claims an exemption to the public records law that is backed by a Supreme Judicial Court decision but still releases her monthly calendar with redactions.
—Chris Van Buskirk, Boston Herald, 9 July 2025
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“Redaction.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/redaction. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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