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3rd/4th Word of the Week: Apparition

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Apparition

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noun

noun: apparition; plural noun: apparitions

1. a ghost or ghostlike image of a person.

   "a headless apparition"

From the Latin Root:  apparere "appear"

Synonyms: ghost, wraith, phantom, bogeyman

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3rd/4th Word of the Week: Spectator

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Spectator:

noun

1. a person who watches at a show, game, or other event.

   "around fifteen thousand spectators came to watch the thrills and spills"

Latin root:  spect: to look

Related words:  inspect, specimen, spectacle, speculate

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3rd/4th Word of the Week: Bountiful

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Bountiful:

adjective:

liberal in bestowing gifts, favors, or bounties; munificent; generous.

abundant; ample:a bountiful supply.
The harvest was bountiful this year.
From Middle English: Bounty & Ful.  Bounty is also a type of reward or something good
Related words:  Bounteous, Bounty Hunter, Abundant 

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3rd/4th Word of the Week: Ambiguous

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Ambiguous:

adjective:

• (of language) open to more than one interpretation; 
• having a double meaning.
• "ambiguous phrases"

• unclear or inexact because a choice between alternatives has not been made.
• "the election result was ambiguous"

Latin Root:  Ambi= Both, Words with this root: Ambidextrous, Ambivalent