Question

pierre-louis, josalah
select the word in paragraph 7 of passage 2 that comes from a latin root meaning \get possession.\
7 unfortunately, the federal government cannot afford to pay for all of
the country’s needs. tight budget caps—a direct result of the massive
budget deficit—makes it impossible to fully fund everything we require. so
this year, in our consideration of fiscal year 1995 appropriations, we will
be forced, perhaps more than ever before, to make tough funding choices.

Explanation:

To solve this, we analyze the Latin roots of the words:

• "budget": Latin root is not related to "get possession".
• "deficit": Latin root (deficere) means "to be lacking", not "get possession".
• "consideration": Latin root (considerare) means "to examine", not "get possession".
• "appropriations": The Latin root "appropiare" (from which "appropriate" comes) relates to taking possession or appropriating (getting possession of resources for allocation here).
• "funding": Latin root (fundus) relates to a base or fund, not "get possession".

So the word is "appropriations".

Answer:

appropriations