Unit 18 Flashcards
Aesthetic
Adj. having to do with beauty or order.
Root: Aes
Syn: artistic
AES
Greek “ feeling, perveption”
Aesthetic, anesthetic
Anesthetic
N. a substance which causes loss of feeling.
Root: aes
PATH
Greek “ to feel”
Apathetic, empathy, pathos, antipathy
Apathetic
Adj. not interested, have no strong emotion toward.
Root: path
Syn: indifferent
Empathy
N. sharin of another’s emotion.
Root: path
Syn: compassion
Ant: opposition
Pathos
N. power of evoking great sadness or sympathy.
Root: path
Syn: pitifullness
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
Ant: unaware
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.
Root: sent
Syn: forbidding
TANG / TACT
Latin “to touch”
Tangible, tactile, intact
Tangible
Adj. able to grasped or perceived.
Root: tang
Syn: concrete
Ant: abstract
