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Question 1

Root - Luc

Answer 1

Light

Question 2

Root - Vid/Vis

Answer 2

To see, to look

Question 3

Root - Spec/Spect

Answer 3

To look at

Question 4

Root - Phot/Phos

Answer 4

Light

Question 5

Lucid (adj.)

Answer 5

1. Bright or luminous
2. Expressed clearly; easy to understand

Question 6

Translucent (adj.)

Answer 6

Allowing light, but not detailed shapes to pass through; semitransparent

Question 7

Elucidate (v.)

Answer 7

Make something clear; to explain

Question 8

Invidious (adj.)

Answer 8

1. Likely to arouse or incur resentment or anger in others
2. Unfairly discriminating; unjust

Question 9

Providential (adj.)

Answer 9

1. Occurring at a favorable time; opportune
2. Involving divine foresight or intervention.

Question 10

Improvise (v.)

Answer 10

1. Create and perform spontaneously or without preparation.
2. Produce or make something from whatever is available.

Question 11

Circumspect (adj.)

Answer 11

Wary and unwilling to take risks

Question 12

Prospect (n.)

Answer 12

The possibility or likelihood of some future event occurring

Question 13

Specter (n.)

Answer 13

1. Something widely feared as a possible unpleasant or dangerous occurrence.
2. A ghost

Question 14

Phototropic (adj.)

Answer 14

Growing toward or away from the light

Question 15

Phosphorescent (adj.)

Answer 15

Giving off or shining with light, and giving off little or no heat

Question 16

Photogenic (adj.)

Answer 16

Forming an attractive subject for photography or having features that look well in a photograph