Question

select the word from passage 1 that comes from a greek root word meaning city.
\the man who is employed for wages is as much a businessman as his employer. the attorney in a country town is as much a businessman as the corporation counsel in a great metropolis. the merchant at the cross-roads store is as much a businessman as the merchant of new york.\ (paragraph 2)

Explanation:

To solve this, we analyze the Greek root for "city" (which is "polis"). Let's check each word:

• "Employed": Root related to work, not city.
• "Wages": Root related to payment, not city.
• "Attorney": Root related to advocacy, not city.
• "Corporation": From Latin, not Greek.
• "Metropolis": The Greek root "polis" means "city," and "metro-" (Greek for "mother") + "polis" gives "metropolis" (a major city, or "mother city").
• "Merchant": Root related to trade, not city.

The Greek root for "city" is "polis". Among the words, "metropolis" has the Greek root "polis" (along with "metro-" meaning "mother"), as "metropolis" refers to a major city. Other words like "employed", "wages", "attorney", "corporation", and "merchant" do not derive from a Greek root meaning "city".

Answer:

metropolis