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Greek PHOT, PHOTOS "light"

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adj. Tending to grow or move towards light.
G. photos + tropein, " to turn" = to turn toward the light. Because they are phototropic, daisies always grow towards the sun.

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adj. Giving off light without heat.
G. phos +Phorein, "to bear" = light-bearing. Harvey stuck phosphorescent stars on his ceiling so that it would resemble the nighttime sky.

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adj. Attractive in pictures or photographs.
G. Photos + genic, "suitable for" = suitable for photographs. Lucy was so photogenic that total strangers often asked to take her picture.

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Latin LUX, LUCIS "lights"

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adj. Easy to understand; clear Sophie's explanation of quantum physics was so lucid that I understand everything.
syn: comprehensible.

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Latin SPECERE, SPECTUM "to look at"

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adj. Careful; mindful of rules and consequences.
L. circum, "around," + spectum = looking around. The marchers in the protest tried to be circumspect and not break any laws.
syn: prudent

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adj. Allowing light to pass through. L. trans, "through," + lucis = light passing through. Through a translucent blue cloth draped over the window, we could see the sun. syn: semi-transparent

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v. To make clear by explaining.
L. e, "from," + lucis = to bring light from. The attorney asked the witness to further elucidate the information he had.
syn: clarify

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Latin VIDERE, VISUM "to see, to look"

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n. That which is expected.
L. pro, "forward," + spectum = looked forward to. The prospect of a trip to the dentist with my bratty thriling.

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adj. Hateful or spiteful.
L. in, "against," + videre = to look against. One candidate made an invidious speech against his opponent.
syn: defamatory

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adj. Happening by good fortune.
L. pro, "forward," + videre = to look forward. Though a providential series of events. Nigel found himself manager of the company.
syn: fortunate

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n. A ghost or phantom.
Hattie seemed to see a specter in every corner of the dark house.

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v. To create without any forethought or preparation.
L, in, "not," + pro, "forward," + visum =not seen in advance. When Carl lost the cards whit his speech on them, he was forced to improvise.