Unit 18 Flashcards
Aesthetic
Adj.- Having to do with beauty or order.
Root- Aes
Syn.- Artistic
Aes
Greek: means “feeling,perception”
Aesthetic and Anesthetic.
Anesthetic
N.- A substance which causes loss of feeling.
Root- Aes
Path
Greek: means “to feel”
Apathetic, Empathy, Pathos, and 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: 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 before it happens.
Root- Sent
Syn.- Foreboding
Tang/Tact
Latin: means “to touch”
Tangible, Tactile, Intact
Tangible
Adj.- Able to be grasped or perceived.
Root- Tang
Syn.- Concrete
Ant.- Abstract