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inspect - to carefully look at or over; to view or examine formally

spectator - person who looks on or watches; observer

spectacle - public or display on a large scale; an impressive sight

spectacles - eyeglasses

perspective (per L. - through) - picturing depth and spatial relationships on a flat surface; a mental view

speculate - to wonder; to buy or sell stocks at the risk of a loss expecting to make profit

spectrum - an array of items which form a series of sequence, such as light waves forming the colors of a rainbow

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specto

spectatum

[SPEK to, spek TAH toom]

to look at, see

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voice - sound made by humans through the mouth

vowel - a voiced sound made by air passing through the throat

vocal - uttered, produced, or performed by the voice

vocation - a calling; a career to which one feels summoned

advocate (ad L. -to, toward) - one who speaks toward or pleads the cause of another; a lawyer (slang: a mouthpiece)

evoke (e, ex, L. - out) - to call out, summon, bring out; call to mind

unequivocal (un L. - not) (aequus L. - equal) - not ambiguous; certain

vocabulary - the range of words used by a particular person or group

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vox

voxis

[WOHKS, WO kiss]

voice

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loquacious - talkative; full of excessive talk, wordy

eloquent (e, ex L. - out of) - marked by forceful and fluent expression

colloquial (cum L. - with) - conversational; inform speech

circumlocution (circum L. - around) - talking around a subject, evasion in speech

soliloquy (solus L. - alone) - the act of talking to oneself; a dramatic monologue that voices inner thoughts

ventriloquism (ventr, venter L. - belly) - speaking so that the voice seems to come from somewhere else

ventriloquist - one who entertains by using ventriloquism to hold a conversation with a hand-manipulated dummy

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loquor

locutus

[LOH kwor, loh KOO toos]

speak

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felicity - the quality or state of being happy

Felicia - girl’s name

Felix - boy’s name (and sometimes cats!)

felicitations - happy greetings

felicitous - happily apt or appropriate; pleasantly suitable

felicify (facio L. - make) - to render or make happy

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felix

felicis

[FAY leeks, fay LEE kiss]

happy

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fidelity - strict observance of promises; loyalty; accuracy of sound or image recording

Fido - favorite name for dogs, who are known as faithful

bona fide (bonus L. - good) - in good faith; genuine

confide - to trust to the charge or knowledge of another

confidence - belief that someone is trustworthy or reliable

affidavit - written declaration or oath before an authorized official

fiduciary - one entrusted with property or power behalf of another

fiance (M) or fiancee (F) (French) - someone who has pledged faith to another; engaged to be married

Semper Fidelis (semper L. - always) - “Always Faithful"

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fides

[FIH days]

faith, trust