Feb 5, 2009 Volume 2 -- root, #3(18)

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1. Nature will bear the closest _______. She invites us to lay our eye level with her smallest leaf, and take an insect view of its plain.
2. For many people, one of the most frustrating _______ of life is not being able to understand other people's behavior.
3. Through travel I first became aware of the outside world; it was through travel that I found my own _____ way into becoming a part of it.
4. Our loyalties must transcend our race, our tribe, our class, and our nation; and this means we must develop a world ______.

A) aspect
B) expect
C) inspection
D) introspective
E) perspective

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http://www.skillsworkshop.org/word/e3l1l2spectmap.pdf

C) inspection
A) aspect
D) introspective
E) perspective

ROOT: spect
to look

aspect:
1. appearance to the eye or mind; look: the physical aspect of the country.  
2. nature; quality; character: the superficial aspect of the situation.  
3. a way in which a thing may be viewed or regarded; interpretation; view: both aspects of a decision.  
4. part; feature; phase: That is the aspect of the problem that interests me most.  
5. facial expression; countenance: He wore an aspect of gloom. Hers was an aspect of happy optimism.  
6. bearing; air; mien: warlike in aspect.  
7. view commanded; exposure: The house has a southern aspect.  
8. the side or surface facing a given direction: the dorsal aspect of a fish; the northern aspect of the house.  
9. Grammar. a. a category or interrelated set of categories for which the verb is inflected in some languages, typically to indicate the duration, repetition, completion, or quality of the action or state denoted by the verb.
b. a set of syntactic devices, as in the English perfect with have in I have gone, with functions similar to such inflections.
c. any of the members or instances of these categories or sets: the Latin perfect aspect; the Russian imperfect aspect.  
d. the meaning of, or meaning typical of, such a category or construction.
e. such categories or constructions, or their meanings collectively.

10. Astrology. a. the angular distance between two points as seen from the earth, primarily derived by dividing the 360 degrees of the zodiac by the integers 1 through 12.
b. the influence of any two planets or groups of planets located at such points.

11. Archaic. a look; glance.

expect:
1. to look forward to; regard as likely to happen; anticipate the occurrence or the coming of: I expect to read it. I expect him later. She expects that they will come.  
2. to look for with reason or justification: We expect obedience.  
3. Informal. to suppose or surmise; guess: I expect that you are tired from the trip.  
4. to anticipate the birth of (one's child): Paul and Sylvia expect their second very soon.  

inspection:
1. the act of inspecting or viewing, esp. carefully or critically: an inspection of all luggage on the plane.  
2. formal or official viewing or examination: an inspection of the troops.  

introspective:
–verb (used without object) 1. to practice introspection; consider one's own internal state or feelings.
–verb (used with object) 2. to look into or examine (one's own mind, feelings, etc.).

perspective :
–noun 1. a technique of depicting volumes and spatial relationships on a flat surface. Compare aerial perspective, linear perspective.
2. a picture employing this technique, esp. one in which it is prominent: an architect's perspective of a house.  
3. a visible scene, esp. one extending to a distance; vista: a perspective on the main axis of an estate.  
4. the state of existing in space before the eye: The elevations look all right, but the building's composition is a failure in perspective.  
5. the state of one's ideas, the facts known to one, etc., in having a meaningful interrelationship: You have to live here a few years to see local conditions in perspective.  
6. the faculty of seeing all the relevant data in a meaningful relationship: Your data is admirably detailed but it lacks perspective.  
7. a mental view or prospect: the dismal perspective of terminally ill patients.  
–adjective 8. of or pertaining to the art of perspective, or represented according to its laws.