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The word recto is to dextrous as the word verso is to what?



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Answer: sinister

Right-side pages are recto pages (typically odd-numbered) and left-side pages are verso pages(typically even-numbered). Etymology-wise, right-handers are dextrous and left-handers are sinister.

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