Flashcards: Latin Derivatives

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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