| Flashcards: Latin Derivatives | 
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         superficial 
 1) on the surface; 2) not profound; shallow; 3) cursory; not thorough 
 It would be imprudent, they agreed, to base their conclusions on superficial evidence alone. 
 Related English word: superficiality 
 Latin root words: facies, faciei, f. - shape, form; face; superficies, superficiei, f. - surface 
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