Chapter 18 Flashcards
Aesthetic
Adj: having to do with beauty or order
Root: aes
Syn: artistic
Aes
Greek: feeling, perception
Aesthetic, anesthetic
Anesthetic
N: substance which causes lose of feeling
Root: aes
Path
Greek: to feel
Apathetic, empathy, pathos, antipathy
Apathetic
Adj: not interested; having no strong
Root: path
Syn: indifferent
Empathy
N: sharing of another’s emotions
Root: path
Syn: compassion
Ant: opposition
Pathos
N: power of evoking great sadness or sympathy
Root: path
Syn: pitiful
Antipathy
Adj: hostility or hatred
Root: path
Syn: dislike
Ant: sympathy
Sens/sent
Latin: to feel, to be aware
Sentient, sentinel, sentiment, presentment
Sentient
Adj: conscious; aware
Root: sent
Sentinel
N: one who watches or guards
Root: sent
Sentiment
N: a feeling about something
Root: sent
Syn: attitude
Presentment
N: a feeling about something before it happens
Syn: sentsyn: foreboding
Tang/tact
Latin: to touch
Tangible, tactile, intact
Tangible
Adj: able to be grasped or perceived
Root: tang
Syn: concrete
Ant: abstract