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Word Roots 7: Advanced-roots SPECT, STA, VERT, all 12 words — myVocabulary.com

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Directions:

Latin roots are: SPECT-SPEC = watch, see, look, appear; STA-SIST = stand, place; and VERT-VERS = turn.
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Clue:

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Vocabulary Word List:

Latin roots SPECT-SPEC = watch, see, look, appear; STA-SIST = stand, place; and VERT-VERS = turn

  • Beginner: advertisement, circumstance, constant, conversation, distant, inspection, prospect, revert, spectacle, standard, suspect, vertical
  • Intermediate: anniversary, conspicuous, disrespect, diversify, establish, speculate, stamina, statistics, superstitious, suspicion, universal, versatility
  • Advanced: auspicious, aversion, circumspect, constituents, despicable, destitute, ecstasy, extrovert, obstinate, perverse, specious, vertigo

1) Apparently true or right though lacking real merit (adjective)

2) Attended by favorable or promising circumstances; pointing to a successful result (adjective)

3) Watchful and discreet; cautious; prudent (adjective)

4) Deserving of contempt or scorn; vile (adjective)

5) Sensation of dizziness and the feeling that one’s surroundings are turning (noun)

6) A strong feeling of dislike, repugnance or antipathy toward something & a desire to avoid it (noun)

7) Determined not to do what is expected or desired; contrary (adjective)

8) An individual interested in matters wholly or predominately toward what is outside the self (noun)

9) Firmly or stubbornly adhering to a purpose, opinion, or action; not easily or readily treated (adjective)

10) Rapturous delight; state of sudden and intense feeling; an overpowering emotion (noun)

11) Without means of subsistence; lacking food, clothing and shelter; deprived of (adjective)

12) Serving to make up a thing; component; having power to frame or alter a political constitution (plural noun)

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