Roots Sens, Sim, Spec

What would you call a person who looks into a criminal investigation?

• spectator

• inspector

• speculate

• circumspection

What word would go in the blank? If you treat people right and listen to them, they will give you __________.

• inspect

• respect

• speculate

• retrospect

Mrs. Ross constantly loses her _____________________ in class, so she cannot read the papers.

• circumspect

• respect

• spectacles

• spectacle

Marcy had no idea why her friend lied to the teacher. She could only _____________ about it.

• inspect

• spectacle

• speculate

• retrospective

terr

• earth

• dinosaur

• try

• sad

phon

• earth

• fake

• big

• sound

What does the Latin root spec mean?

• to like

• to feel

• to see

• to hide

What does the Latin root sim mean?

• Like

• On

• Low

• Fake

The Latin root sens means to ...

• be scared

• be aware

• be clear

• feel