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Specto
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" to look at"
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* think of spectacles that Benjamin Frankilin invented to " " things!
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auspicious
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showing signs that promice sucess
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The sunny morning was an auspicious beginning for our class picnic !
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intro
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"within," "inward"
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remember old vocab : like someone you know> introvert
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introspection
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examination of one's own thoughts and feelings
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experience may help us to understand others , but wihtout introspection we will never understand our own mtoives.
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retro
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"backward"
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liek the fashion > retro> vintage> back in time
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retrospect
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A survey of past times or events
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In rretrospect I wish I had chosen an instrument like the flute when I joined the band rather than this hevay , awkward tuba!
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specimen
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A single thing that is taken as an example of a whole category
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The Apollo astronauts gathered specimens of rock to determine the chemincal compositon of th moon.
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specter (2)
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1)A ghost
2) A hunting fear of future trouble |
1) this monster looks like a spec of light
2) After hail destroyed the corn crop, the specter of famine loomed over the village |
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specterum
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the distribution of charcteristics of a physical system, especially bands of colors seen as a rainbow or bands of differing sound waves
OR a wide range of related qualities or ideas |
Light refracted through a crystal shows all the colors of the spectrum
OR Congress represents a wide spectrum of opinion |
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speculate(2)
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to form opinions without definate knowledge or evidence
OR To but or sell something to make a profit,but with risk of loss |
Human beings have long speculated about life on other planets.
OR She made and then lost a fortune speculating on the stock market.sur |
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sur
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"over"
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like in fench because the root in from french> over> sur le table
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Surveillance
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supervision or close observation, especially of a suspected person
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As sson as a candidate for Pres of the US is nominated he or she is immediantly placed under secret Service surveillance
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vigil
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a period of staying awak to keep watch or to pray
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because of her nighlt vigils at the bedsides of dying soliders during the korean war the nursin gpioneer Florence nightengale became knwown as the lady with the lamp
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vigilant
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watchful; on the lookout for danger
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The vigilant red-tailed hawks atacked any intruders gthat approached their nest.
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