spec, spect, spic : Thinkmap Visual Thesaurus

"Sometimes they came to inspect the mine, but they just came to the entrance, they never went down to see where we work."

circumspect

circum ("around") + specere

I am practical and circumspect; he is impulsive and direct.

disrespect

They disrespect you, they look down on you.

retrospect

retro ("back") + specere

The source of the mistake looks clear in retrospect.

suspect

sub ("from below") + specere

At least no one would suspect me of knowing much about spycraft.

introspective

intro ("inward") + specere + ive (suffix forming adjectives)

Instead of looking at what others are doing, learn to be introspective.

perspective

per ("through") + specere + ive (suffix forming adjectives)
Despite looking like an adjective, perspective is typically used as a noun to refer to a way of looking at the world.

Humor helps us see our life from a new perspective and it also allows us to come up with creative solutions to our problems.

prospective

pro ("forward") + specere + ive (suffix forming adjectives)

Builders' outlook for sales of single-family homes over the next six months and traffic by prospective buyers each increased since April.

specimen

In Latin, specimen means "indication or evidence."

As a teenager, he started volunteering at the Los Angeles Zoo, where he befriended curators and zookeepers, and went on to assist in studying and collecting reptile and amphibian specimens from around the world.

specious

I can only conclude that this reasoning is specious at best, for none can see the future of paths we do not take.

speculate

In Latin, speculatus is the past participle of the verb speculari, "to observe," which comes from specere, "to look."

Some scientists speculated that if a pilot succeeded in pushing his plane through the sound barrier, either the plane or the pilot or both would disintegrate from the force of the shock waves.

spectacle

What I had before me was a spectacle of wind and water, an earthquake of the senses, that even Hollywood couldn’t orchestrate.

conspicuous

This means that it is impossible for such a conspicuous jellyfish with large population numbers to have remained unnoticed until now.

perspicacious

per ("through") + specere + -acious (Latin: word forming element)

It is a mirror of two eyes; they are clear, shrewd, perspicacious, and bold; they are the eyes of a Frenchman.

auspicious

avis ("bird") + specere + ous (suffix forming adjectives)
This word traces back to the Roman practice of looking at the flights, singing, feeding, or internal organs of birds to figure out what the gods were telling them about future events.

“The horoscope book said this is a most auspicious day,” he told Uncle.

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