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how to look

latin root: specto (to look)

• spectacle

• spectator

• inspect

• retrospect: a looking back

• prospect: a looking ahead

• conspicuous: easily seen or looked at

• perspicuous:

• perspicacious: keen minded, mentally sharp, astute

  etymologically "looking through keenly intelligent"

  • perspicacity or perspicaciousness ( noun)

• acumen: synonym of perspicacity (mentally keenness, sharpness, quickness)

  latin root: acuo (to sharpen)

sharpness

root: acuo (to sharpen)

• acute: sharp, sudden

  eg : acute pain, an acute attack of appendicitis

• acupuncture : the insertion of a (sharp) needle into the body for medical purposes.

  root: acuo (to sharpen) + punctus (point)

• noun for acute: acuteness or acuity

• when you punctuate a sentence, you put various points (periods, common, etc) where needed

• when lightning punctuates the storm, or when the silence is punctuated by the wailing of police siren, again points, etymologically speaking, interrupt the atmosphere, the quiet, etc.

• if you are punctual, you are right on the point of time

  • punctuality (noun)

• if you are punctilious, you are exact, scrupulous very careful to observe the proper points of behaviour, procedure, etc.

  • punctiliousness

• to puncture: to make a hole with a sharp point.

• pungent:

  root from puncture: pungo (to pierce sharply) so a pungent smell or taste is sharp, spicy, pricking the nose

  • pungence or pungency (noun)

some more looking

perspicacious	perspicuous
smart, sharp, able to look through and understood quickly.	easily understood from one look.
applies to persons, their reasoning, mind, etc.	applying to writing, style, books, and like things that have to be understood.
noun: perspicacity or perspicaciousness	noun: perspicuity or perspicuousness

• A Spectacle is something to look at

• spectacles: (eyeglass) the means by which you get a comfortable and accurate look at the world.

• spectacular: worth looking at (etymologically)

• spectator: one who looks at what's happening (दर्शक)

• inspect: to look into something

• retrospect: a backward look generally the word is preceded by the preposition "in"

  eg: his life in retrospect seemed dreary and dull.

• prospect: a forward look

  • prospective (adj)

    eg

    • what's the prospect for inflation for world peace.

    • your prospective mother-in-law is the one you can look forward to if you marry a certain person.

• introspective: if you introspect, you look inward and examine your inner reflections.

• circumspect: watchful, cautious, alert (look around most carefully)

  • circumspection or circumspectness (noun)

• specious: something which looks good or sensible, but actually is not. In reality is based on an error, a fallacy, or an untruth.

  • speciousness (noun)

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Helping Words

• dreary: depressingly dull and bleak or repetitive

  eg: the dreary sound of working, eating and trying to sleep.

• obverse:

  1. the side of a coin or medal bearing the head

  2. the opposite or counterpart of a fact or truth.

• astute (adj): having or showing an ability to accurately assess situations or people and turn ths to one's advantage.