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60 Cards in this Set
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Spec/Spect
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"to look at"
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Vid/Vis
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L. "to see to look"
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Phot/Phos
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G. "light"
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Nunc/Nounc
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L. "to announce"
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Luc
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L. "light"
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Voc/Vok
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L. "to call"
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Phototropic
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tending to grow or move towards light
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Phosporescent
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giving off light without heat
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Photogenic
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Attractive in pictures or photographs
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Lucid
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easy to understand; clear
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Elucidate
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to make clear by explaining
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Translucent
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allowing light to pass through
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L. trans
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"through"
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Circumspect
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careful mindful of rules and consequences
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Prospect
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that which is expected
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Specter
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ghost or phantom
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L. circum
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"around"
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Invidious
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hateful or spiteful
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Providential
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happening by good fortune
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Improvise
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to create without any forethought or preparation
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L. in
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"against, not, in, into, on"
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Enunciate
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to pronounce or articulate
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Renounce
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to reject by declaration
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Pronouncement
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a declaration of opinion
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L. e
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"out of, from"
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L. re
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"back, again"
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L. pro
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"forth, in front of, forward"
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Invoke
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to call upon for support
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Provocative
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causing disturbance or excitement
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Revoke
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to make invalid; deactivate
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Fa
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L. "to speak"
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Ineffable
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unutterable, indescribable
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Infantile
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childish; immature
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Affable
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easy to converse with; friendly
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L. ad
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"towards"
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Dic/Dict
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L. "to say, to tell"
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Edict
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an official order
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Indict
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to charge with a crime; accuse
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Dictum
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a formal or athoritative statement
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Hib/Hab
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L. "to have, hold"
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Prohibit
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to stop one from doing something; prevent
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Inhibit
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to get in the way of; hinder
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Fus/Found
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L. "to pour out"
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Suffuse
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to fill up from within; to spread throughout
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L. sub
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"beneath"
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Confound
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to confuse and frustrate
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L. con
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"together"
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Infuse
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to inject; to fill something or someone with
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Ten/Tain/Tin
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L. "to hold"
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Sustain
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to support for an extended period of time
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Abstain
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to not do something; refrain
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L. ab
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"away from"
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Tenacious
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stubbornly persistent; determined
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Retinue
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a group that attends an important person
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Ple
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L. "to fill"
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Replete
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filled up with
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Implement
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to put into action
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Deplete
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to use up; waste
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L. de
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"down"
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L. tenax
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"holding fast, stubborn"
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