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109 Cards in this Set
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ped
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foot
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man, manu
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hand
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spec
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see, look
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dict
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speak
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ject
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throw
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sect
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cut, separate
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port
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carry
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scrib, script
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write
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graph
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writing
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miss, mit
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send
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a creature with two feet (ped)
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biped
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a creature with 100 feet (ped)
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centipede
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something that stands in one's way; an obstacle (ped)
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impediment
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a creature with 1,000 feet (ped)
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millipede
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a lever that is moved with one's foot (ped)
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pedal
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a person who goes from door to door on foot trying to sell a product (ped)
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peddlar
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a person who walks across the street on foot (ped0
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pedestrian
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a foot treatment that could include soaking the feet and polishing the toenails (ped)
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pedicure
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a four-footed creature (ped)
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quadraped
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a three-footed stand often used to balance a camera (ped/pod)
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tripod
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to speak against; to say the opposite (dict)
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contradict
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what is written down as someone says it (dict)
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dictation
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a leader who speaks and rules with total power (dict)
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dictator
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the manner in which something is expressed in words (written or spoken) (dict)
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diction
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a reference book in which spoken or written words are defined (dict)
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dictionary
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a judge's ruling or statement (dict)
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dictum
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public words issued by an official that explain a law or command (dict)
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edict
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formal words spoken or written by a jury that charge a person with a crime (dict)
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indictment
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to say what will happen before it occurs (dict)
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predict
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the decision a jury makes in a trial; the decision said by the jury (dict)
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verdict
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writing about a person's life written by that person (graph)
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autobiography
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the writing of one's own name (graph)
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autograph
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the written list of all the books used in a report or book (graph)
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bibliography
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a book written about a person's life (graph)
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biography
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mapmaking; the writing involved in making maps or charts (graph)
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cartography
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a word written the same way as another word but having a different meaning (e.g., bow—hair and bow—ship) (graph)
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homograph
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a section of writing that has a topic and concluding sentence (graph)
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paragraph
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record player; a device that turns the writing on records into sound (graph)
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phonograph
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the use of light to record an image using a camera (graph)
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photography
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a device that writes down (records) the movements of the earth (graph)
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seismograph
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to feel sad; to feel thrown down in spirit (ject)
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dejected
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to throw out (ject)
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eject
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a shot; the "throwing" of medicine into the body by a needle (ject)
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injection
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a word thrown into a sentence or conversation (ject)
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interjection
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to throw goods overboard to lighten the load on a boat or an airplane (ject)
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jettison
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an object thrown into the air with great force (ject)
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projectile
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a machine that throws an image onto a wall (ject)
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projector
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to throw something out because it's defective and can't be used again (ject)
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reject
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to throw oneself under someone else's rule (ject)
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subject
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the curved path of an object thrown into space (ject)
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trajectory
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to set free; to lend a hand in freeing someone; to release from someone’s hands (man, manu)
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emancipate
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handcuffs (man, manu)
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manacles
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a person who has the upper hand; a person who is in charge of someone or something (man, manu)
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manager
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an order or command placed in one's hands (man, manu)
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mandate
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to handily or skillfully go around something (man, manu)
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maneuver
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a treatment for the hands and nails (man, manu)
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manicure
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to skillfully operate by hand (man, manu)
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manipulate
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a handbook; a book of directions (man, manu)
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manual
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to make by hand or by machine; to change raw material into a new product (man, manu)
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manufacture
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a handwritten or typed piece of writing, such as a book (man, manu)
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manuscript
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to send someone in; to allow someone to enter (miss, mit)
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admit
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to send someone out; to let someone leave (miss, mit)
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dismiss
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to send out or give off (such as an odor) (miss, mit)
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emit
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a break between acts of a play or performance during which people are sent out for snacks or stretch breaks (miss, mit)
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intermission
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a weapon designed to be sent in the direction of a target (miss, mit)
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missile
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a special duty or function which a person or group is sent out to do (miss, mit)
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mission
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to leave out; to not send (miss, mit)
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omit
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to send back (usually related to paying bills) (miss, mit)
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remit
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to "send" yourself under someone else's control; to give in to
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submit
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to send something across places; to pass along (miss, mit)
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transmit
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to carry or send away from a country; to banish (port)
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deport
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to carry out of the country (port)
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export
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to carry into the country (port)
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import
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capable of being easily carried (port)
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portable
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the route over which boats and supplies are carried overland from one lake or river to another (port)
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portage
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an attendant who carries travelers' luggage for them (port)
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porter
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a case for carrying loose papers (port)
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portfolio
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a collection of writing that carries information to be shared again with someone new (port)
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report
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to carry the weight of something (port)
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support
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to carry something from one place to another (port)
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transport
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to say or write down how something or someone looks; to use adjectives in writing (scrib, script)
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describe
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a short dedication written in a book or engraved on something, such as a coin or monument (scrib, script)
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inscription
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a piece of writing; a book (scrib, script)
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manuscript
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P.S.; a short bit of writing added after a letter is finished (scrib, script)
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postscript
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a piece of paper written by a doctor that lets you get medicine at the pharmacy (scrib, script)
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prescription
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sloppy writing that is hard to read (scrib, script)
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scribble
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a person who writes things down (scrib, script)
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scribe
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a set of papers with writing that will be read and acted out (scrib, script)
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script
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a written agreement to buy and read a magazine or newspaper for a set period of time (scrib, script)
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subscription
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to write down or record; to translate (scrib, script)
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transcribe
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to cut into two pieces (sect)
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bisect
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to cut apart for the purpose of investigation (sect)
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dissect
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a class of small arthropod animals that has three separate sections to their bodies: head, thorax, abdomen (sect)
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insect
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the point at which two lines or roads meet and cut across each other (sect)
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intersection
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a separate part of something (sect)
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section
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a couch that is made up of separate pieces (sect)
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sectional
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a separate part of a society, group, or area (sect)
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sector
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to cut across something (sect)
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transect
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to cut into three separate pieces (sect)
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trisect
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careful to look at all possibilities before acting; cautious; aware of consequences (spec)
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circumspect
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to look at carefully in search of flaws (spec)
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inspect
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the act of looking into one's own thoughts and feelings (spec)
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introspective
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one way of looking at things (spec)
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perspective
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to look up to someone; to show honor (spec)
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respect
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looking back at past things (spec)
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retrospective
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something displayed for the public to see (spec)
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spectacle
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glasses that help someone see better (spec)
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spectacles
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a person who watches something, such as a sporting event (spec)
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spectator
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to look at and think about something from different points of view (spec)
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speculate
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