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VID/VIS

Latin: To see

Envisage, Visage,

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PARI

Latin: Be visible, appear

Apparition

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SPEC

Latin: to look

Perspicacious, retrospective, aspect, introspective

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PHAN

Greek: to appear, to show

Phenomenon, Diaphanous, epiphany, sycophant

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Envisage

Verb
To imagine, to conceive of
Vis
Syn- perceive

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Visage

Noun
Face, facial expression
Vis
Syn- expression

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Apparition

Noun
An unreal figure, a ghost
Pari
Syn- specter

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Perspicacious

Adj.
Wise, insightful, acutely intelligent
Spec
Syn- perceptive
Ant- dim-witted

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Retrospective

Adj.
looking backward over a period of time
Spec

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Aspect

Noun
a part that can be considered or viewed
Spec
Syn- facet

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Introspective

Adj.
contemplating one's own thoughts and feelings
Spec
Syn- meditative
Ant- shallow

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Phenomenon

Noun
A fact or event which can be observed and/or documented
Phen

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Epiphany

Noun
A moment of great insight; revelation
Phen

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Sycophant

Noun
A person who flatters, a yes-man
Phen

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Diaphanous

Adj.
light weight and transparent
Phen
Syn- opaque

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