Unit 18 Flashcards
Aesthetic
adj.Having to do with beauty or oder.
Root: Aes
Syn: Artistic
AES
Greek: Aesthesis means “feeling, perception”
Aesthetic, Anesthetic
Anesthetic
n. A substance which causes loss of feeling.
Root: Aes
PATH
Greek: Pathein means to “feel”
Apathetic, Empathy, Pathos, Antipathy
Apathetic
adj. Not interested; having no strong emotion towards.
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: Pitifulness
Antipathy
adj. Hostility or hatred.
Root: Path
Syn: Dislike
Ant: Sympathy
SENS/SENT
Latin: Sentire, Sensum means to “feel, to be aware”
Sentient, Sentinel, Sentiment, Presentiment
Sentient
adj. Conscious; aware.
Root: Sent
Ant: Unaware
Sentinel
n. One who watches or guards.
Root: Sent
Sentiment
n. A feeling about something.
Root: Sent
Syn: Attitude
Presentiment
n. A feeling about something that happens.
Root: Sent
Syn: Foreboding
TANG/TACT
Latin: Tangere, Tactum means to “touch”
Tangible, Tactile, Intact
Tangible
adj. Able to be grasped or perceived.
Root: Tang
Syn: Concrete
Ant: Abstract
