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per·spic·u·ous
 perspicuous
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- pronunciation:
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- features:
- Word Parts
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adjective |
| definition: |
presented clearly; easily understood.
- synonyms:
- limpid, lucid, luminous
- similar words:
- articulate, clear, cogent, coherent, comprehensible, explicit, plain, understandable, vivid
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| derivations: |
perspicuously (adv.), perspicuousness (n.) |
The word perspicuous
contains the following parts:
per-
Latin
prefix
that means through, throughout; very
  Example words:
impermeable, impermissible, imperturbable, impervious, parvenu, perambulate, perceive, perception, percolate, perennial, perfect, perfidy, perfoliate, perforate, perform, perfunctory, perjury, permanent, permeate, permissible, permission, permit, permute, pernicious, perorate, perpetual, perplex, persecute, persevere, persist, persistent, perspective, perspicacious, perspicuous, perspire, persuade, persuasion, persuasive, pertinacious, perturb, peruse, pervade, perverse, pervert, pervious, semipermeable
spect, spec, spic, spectro
Latin
root
that means to see, look, watch
Example words:
aspect, auspicious, circumspect, conspectus, conspicuous, despicable, despise, expectation, inauspicious, inconspicuous, inspect, inspector, introspect, introspective, irrespective, perspective, perspicacious, perspicuous, prospect, prospective, prospectus, respect, respective, retrospect, retrospective, special, species, specific, specify, specimen, specious, spectacle, spectacular, spectator, specter, spectrograph, spectrometer, spectroscope, spectrum, speculate, speculum, suspect, suspicious
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