| Term | Definition |
| specto,... | to look at |
| auspicious | showing signs that promise success |
| introspection | examination of one's own thoughts and feelings |
| retrospect | a survey of past times or events |
| specimen | a single thing that is taken as an example of a whole category |
| specter | a ghost, a haunting fear of future trouble |
| vigilant | watchful; on the look out for danger |
| spectrum | the distribution of characteristics of a physical system, ecspecially bands of colors seen as a rainbow or bands of differing sound waves,a wide range of related quantities or ideas |
| vigil | a period of staying awake to keep watch or to pray |
| speculate | to form opinions without definite knowledge or evidence, to buy or sell something to make a profit but with risk of loss |
| surveillance | supervision of close observation ecspecially of a suspected person |
| vigilo,... | to watch |