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The root SPECT meaning "look at, watch, see" has the following 19 "everyday words". Some of them are derived from the list of 20 possible prefixes and 14 number-related prefixes below:

aSPECT, circumSPECT, conSPICuous, deSPICable, exPECT, inconSPICuous, inSPECT, introSPECT, perSPECTive, proSPECT, proSPECTive, reSPECT, retroSPECTive, SPECimen, SPECTacle, SPECTacular, SPECTator, SPECulate, suSPECT.
Prefixes that are Prepositions
and are used with SPECT:
  • AB = away -------- aSPECT
  • AD = to, toward
  • CIRCUM = around ------ circumSPECT
  • CON-COM = with ------ conSPICuous
  • CONTRA = against
  • DE = down, from --------- deSPICable
  • E(X) = out of, outside ------ exPECT
  • EXTRA = beyond
  • IN-EN = in, into -------- inSPECT
  • INTER = between
  • OB = against
  • PER = through, across --- perSPECTive
  • POST = after
  • PRE = before, toward
  • PR0 = before, forward ------ proSPECT
  • RE = again ----------- reSPECT
  • RETRO = backward ------ retroSPECT
  • SUB = under, below ------- suSPECT
  • TELE = far
  • TRANS = across
Prefixes that are number-related where
some may be used with SPECT:
  • PRIMO = first, most
  • ULTI = last
  • UNI = one
  • BI-DI = two
  • TRI = three
  • QUAD = four
  • DEC = ten
  • CENT = hundred
  • MULTI = many
  • PLU = more
  • OMNI = all
  • AMBI = both
  • EQUI-PAR= equal
  • SEMI = half
Can you create other words in this fashion with the above prefixes? For those of you who want some really high-powered, SAT-type words that come from the root SPECT try defining these 14:
auSPICes, auSPICious, deSPIse, inauSPICious, irreSPECTive, perSPICuity, proSPECTus, reSPIte, SPECious, SPECTer, SPECTroscope, SPECTrum, SPITeful, suSPICion.

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