44. WPME p.367
specto
to look
per-
through
acuo
to sharpen
punctus
point
-ate
verb suffix
pungo
to pierce sharply
-ity
noun suffix
retro-
backward
pro-
forward, ahead, before
intro-
inside, within
-ion
noun suffix
-ive
adj suffix
circum-
around
perspicacious
keen-minded
acumen
h. sharpness of mind or thinking
acupuncture
medical insertion of needles
punctilious
extremely careful, exact, or proper in procedure
pungent
sharp; spicy; piercing
perspicuous
clear; easy to understand
retrospec
a backward look
prospect
a forward look
introspective
looking inside, or examining or analyzing, oneself
circumspect
careful, watchful, wary, cautious; “looking around”
acute
sharp; sudden; keen-minded
acuity
keeness of mind, thinking, or intellect
punctuate
interrupt sharply or suddenly
puncture
pierce; make a hole in; (noun) a small hole
pungence, pungency
sharpness or spiciness of taste, smell, wit, etc
perspicuity
clarity; lucidity; ability to be understood quickly and easily
prospective
in the future; describing that which, or one who, can be looked forward to
introspective
tending to examine and to think about one’s motives, feelings, etc.
circumspection
care; watchfulness; caution
specious
sounding plausible, or looking right, but actually false or untrue
perspicacious—dull-witted
O
acumen—stupidity
O
acute—sharp
s
acuity—perspicacity
s
punctilious—casual
O
pungent—flat, dull
O
perspicuous—clear
s
retrospect—backward look
s
prospect—expectation
s
introspective—extroverted
O
prospective—in the past
O
circumspect—careless
O
specious—true
O
plausible, but false or incorrect
specious
spiciness, sharpness; piercing quality
pungence, pungency
clear; easily understood
perspicuous
sharpness of mind or of intelligence
–acumen or acuteness or
acuity,
care and caution; wariness
–circumspection or circumspectness
piercing of the skin with needles for medical purposes
acupuncture
tending to examine one’s motives, etc.; loooking inward (adj.)
introspective
exact in the observance of proper procedure
punctilious
to pierce and make a small hole in
puncture
a backward look or view
retrospect
keenness of mind
perspicacity, perspicaciousness
sharp; sudden; keen-minded
acute
to interrupt suddenly
puntuate
spicy; piercing in taste, smell, wit, etc.
pungent
clarity; clearness of style or language
perspicuity
keen-minded; perceptive
perspicacous
a look forward
prospect
act or process of looking inward
introspection
carefully looking around; cautious; wary
circumspect
anticipated; “to be”; looked forward to (adj.)
prospective