Unit 18 Flashcards
Aesthetic
Adj. Having to do with beauty or order
Root: Aes
Syn: artistic
Aes
Greek: means “feeling, perception”
Aesthetic, anesthetic
Anesthetic
N. A substance which causes loss of feeling
Root: Aes
Path
Greek: 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: 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: Path
Sentiment
N. A feeling about something
Root: Sent
Syn: attitude
Presentiment
N. A feeling about something before it happens
Root: Path
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
