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spec
(SPEK)to look or watch
Latin for looking carefully. A spectator looks; an inspector looks closely; a suspect is looked at.
rootLatin
Senses & perceptionSpellings:specspectspic
Example words
inspect
to look closely at
respect
to look back at — to honor
spectator
a person who watches
perspective
a way of looking at something — a point of view
Words in our dictionary that use this root
Every dataset word containing spec, with the parts it shares with other roots in our set.
inspect
to look closely at
respect
to look back at — to honor
spectator
a person who watches
perspective
a way of looking at something — a point of view
introspection
the act of looking into one's own thoughts
Common Core alignment
Grades served: 5, 6, 7
- L.5.4bUse common, grade-appropriate Greek and Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., photograph, photosynthesis).
- L.6.4bUse common, grade-appropriate Greek or Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., audience, auditory, audible).
- L.7.4bUse common, grade-appropriate Greek or Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., belligerent, bellicose, rebel).
Related roots
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