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Review the boldfaced word in the passage. The Latin vertere means “to turn” and vertex menas “crown of the head.” Based on this, what is most likely the meaning of vertical?

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rotating around a person’s upper body
rotating around a person’s upper body

located between the front and the back
located between the front and the back

having an alignment in which the top is above the bottom
having an alignment in which the top is above the bottom

placed on top of another thing

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
having an alignment in which the top is above the bottom

Reason: vertex means the top (crown), so vertical describes an orientation where the top is above the bottom.