#21 – Latin Root: SPECERE (meaning: "to see”)

circumspect [SUR-kuh m-spekt]

• ADJECTIVE: heedful of potential consequences

• ADJECTIVE: plausible but false

• ADJECTIVE: of or concerned with or related to the future

• ADJECTIVE: given to examining own sensory and

  perceptual experiences

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

retrospect [RE-truh-spekt]

• ADJECTIVE: plausible but false

• ADJECTIVE: obvious to the eye or mind

• ADJECTIVE: contemplation of things past

• NOUN: something or someone seen, especially a notable sight

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

introspective [in-truh-SPEK-tiv]

• NOUN: an acute febrile highly contagious viral disease

• ADJECTIVE: having an abundant supply of

  money or possessions of value

• ADJECTIVE: expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively

• ADJECTIVE: given to examining own sensory and

  perceptual experiences

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

prospective [pruh-SPEK-tiv]

• ADJECTIVE: acutely insightful and wise

• ADJECTIVE: of or concerned with or related to the future

• ADJECTIVE: auguring favorable circumstances and good luck

• ADJECTIVE: more than is needed, desired, or required

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

specious [SPEE-shuh s]

• ADJECTIVE: plausible but false

• NOUN: a place where things merge or flow together

• VERB: free somebody from an erroneous belief

• NOUN: command against

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

speculate [SPEK-yuh-leyt]

• ADJECTIVE: obvious to the eye or mind

• ADJECTIVE: acutely insightful and wise

• VERB: talk over conjecturally, or review in an idle or casual way

• ADJECTIVE: of or concerned with or related to the future

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

spectacle [SPEK-tuh-kuh l]

• ADJECTIVE: acutely insightful and wise

• NOUN: something or someone seen, especially a notable sight

• VERB: talk over conjecturally, or review in an idle or casual way

• ADJECTIVE: obvious to the eye or mind

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.2B

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.2B

CCSS.L.8.2C

CCSS.L.9-10.1.C

conspicuous[kuh n-SPIK-yoo-uh s]

• ADJECTIVE: acutely insightful and wise

• ADJECTIVE: obvious to the eye or mind

• ADJECTIVE: of or concerned with or related to the future

• ADJECTIVE: contemplation of things past

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

perspicacious [pur-spi-KAY-shuh s]

• ADJECTIVE: acutely insightful and wise

• VERB: talk over conjecturally, or review in an idle or casual way

• ADJECTIVE: plausible but false

• NOUN: move or progress freely as if in a stream

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

auspicious [aw-SPISH-uh s]

• NOUN: move or progress freely as if in a stream

• ADJECTIVE: auguring favorable circumstances and good luck

• VERB: be unstable

• NOUN: a foul-smelling outflow or vapor

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C