Identify the word containing the root 'mort' meaning 'death'.

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Identify the word containing the root 'mort' meaning 'death'.

Explanation:
Mort means death, and the word that contains this root is mortal. Here, mort- conveys the idea of death, and the suffix -al turns it into an adjective describing something related to dying or being subject to death. Humans are mortal, meaning we can die; this contrasts with beings described as immortal. The other options don’t carry the Latin root mort. Vital comes from vita, the root for life. Corpse is from corpus, meaning body, not death itself. Deathlike uses the English word death rather than the Latin root mort, so it doesn’t contain the mort morpheme.

Mort means death, and the word that contains this root is mortal. Here, mort- conveys the idea of death, and the suffix -al turns it into an adjective describing something related to dying or being subject to death. Humans are mortal, meaning we can die; this contrasts with beings described as immortal.

The other options don’t carry the Latin root mort. Vital comes from vita, the root for life. Corpse is from corpus, meaning body, not death itself. Deathlike uses the English word death rather than the Latin root mort, so it doesn’t contain the mort morpheme.

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