See It, Hear It, Feel It: spec, spect, spic (look), List 2

The words on this list all derive from the Latin verb specere, meaning "to look."
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  1. auspicious
    indicating favorable circumstances and good luck
  2. conspicuous
    obvious to the eye or mind
  3. inspection
    a formal or official examination
  4. inspector
    an investigator who observes carefully
  5. perspective
    a way of regarding situations or topics
  6. prospective
    of or concerned with or related to the future
  7. respectful
    exhibiting an attitude of admiration or esteem
  8. respectfully
    in a courteous and considerate manner
  9. retrospect
    contemplation of things past
  10. spectacles
    eyeglasses
  11. spectacular
    sensational in appearance or thrilling in effect
  12. spectrum
    an ordered array of the components of an emission or wave
  13. speculative
    not based on fact or investigation
  14. speculator
    one who makes risky investments in the hopes of high profits
  15. suspicious
    openly distrustful and unwilling to confide
Created on Tue Apr 07 12:26:29 EDT 2026 (updated Tue Apr 07 13:49:48 EDT 2026)

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