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circumspect careful to look at all possibilities before acting; cautions; aware of consequences introspect to look at carefully introspection the act of looking into one's own thoughts and feelings perspective one way of looking at things respect to look up to someone; to show honor retrospective looking back at past things spectacle something displayed for the public to see spectacles glasses that help someone to see better spectator a person who watches something, such as a sporting event speculate to look at and think about something from different points of view contradict to speak against; to say the opposite dictation what is written down as someone says it dictator a leader who speaks and rules with total power diction the manner in which something is expressed in words (written or spoken) dictionary a reference book in which spoken or written words are defined dictum a judge's ruling of statements edict public words issued by an official that explain a law or command indictment formal words spoken or written by a jury that charge a person with a crime predict to say what will happen before it occurs verdict the dicision a jury makes in a trial; the decision said by the jury