Melton Vocab 7

auspices

plural noun: sponsorship, support, or protection

auspicious

adjective: a. favorable; promising success b. marked by success; prosperous

circumspect/circumspection

adjective/noun: cautious, prudent; mindful of circumstances and potential consequences

despicable/despise

adjective/verb: deserving of scorn, contempt, or a low opinion

introspective/introspect/introspection

adjective/verb/noun: contemplating on one’s own thoughts and feelings; self-examining

perspicuous/perspicuity

adjective/noun: clearly expressed; easy to understand

specious/speciousness

adjective/noun: seemingly true, but actually false

spectacle

noun: a. an impressive public performance or display b. a public display of bad behavior

specter/spectral

noun/adjective: a. a ghost or spirit b. a haunting or disturbing image or possibility

spectrum

noun: a. a band showing different wavelengths of color or sound, arranged in order b. a broad range of related qualities or ideas