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    Precise Meaning: "CCSS.ELA-Literacy." precedes these numbers: 2.4e, 3.4d, 4.4c, 5.4c, 6.4c, 7.4c, 8.4c, 9-10.4c, 11-12.4c
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    Root-a-Week SPECT-SPIC Definition Match -- myVocabulary.com

    Directions:
    MATCH the Latin roots SPECT-SPIC numbered in the left hand column with their vocabulary definitions in letters A to L in the right hand column. Use the pull down Select bar to choose the correct definition match.
    When you hit Submit, you will get back the correct vocabulary answers and the percentage score for correct answers.
    Clue:
    These vocabulary words from the Latin roots SPECT-SPIC come from the Root-a-Week word puzzles. In addition to this Definition Match, www.myvocabulary.com also includes a free Interactive Puzzle and Fill-in-the-Blanks activity with these 12 words.
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    Word List
     
    1) CIRCUMSPECT
    2) SUSPICIOUS
    3) PERSPICUITY
    4) SPECTACLE
    5) SUSPECT
    6) SPECTRUM
    7) SPECIOUS
    8) EXPECTATION
    9) PROSPECT
    10) SPECULATE
    11) SPECIMEN
    12) INSPECTION
    13) DESPICABLE
    14) RESPECTFUL
    15) CONSPICUOUS
    16) DISRESPECT
    Definition List
     
    A)  Watchful and discreet; cautious; prudent; heedful of circumstances or consequences (adjective)
    B)  Easily seen or noticed; attracting special attention; readily observable; striking (adjective)
    C)  Deserving to be regarded with contempt, scorn or disdain; contemptible; vile (adjective)
    D)  Treatment with contempt or rudeness; a lack of esteem; discourtesy; impoliteness (noun)
    E)  Eager anticipation; the degree of probability that something will occur or appear (noun)
    F)  Formal or official viewing; act of looking over carefully and critically, esp. for flaws (noun)
    G)  Keen mental awareness and understanding; clearness or lucidity (statement); discernment (noun)
    H)  To search for or explore for gold or other mineral deposits (verb)
    I)  Characterized or marked by politeness or the showing of deferential regard and esteem for (adjective)
    J)  A part taken as exemplifying a whole mass or number; a typical sample of a substance (noun)
    K)  Apparently true or right though lacking real merit; deceptively attractive (adjective)
    L)  A public show or display, esp. on a large scale; a regrettable display (bad behavior) (noun)
    M)  A continuous sequence or range; a series of colors arranged by wave lengths (noun)
    N)  To indulge in conjectural thought; to suppose or wonder; to buy and sell stocks at risk (verb)
    O)  To believe to be guilty, with little or no proof; to surmise; to doubt; to mistrust (verb)
    P)  Distrustful; inclined to believe to be guilty, with little or no proof (adjective)