Unit 18 Flashcards
AESTHETIC
“adj. Having to do with beauty or order”
Syn: artistic
AES
“Greek AESTHESIS “feeling, perception”
ANESTHETIC
“n. A substance which causes loss of feeling”
PATH
“Greek PATHEIN “to feel”
APATHETIC
“adj. Not interested; having no strong emotion towards”
Syn: indifference
EMPATHY
“n. Sharing of another’s emotions”
“syn: compassion ant: opposition”
Pathos
n. Power of evoking great sadness or sympathy
syn: pitifulness
ANTIPATHY
“adj. Hostility or hatred”
“syn: dislike ant: sympathy”
SENS/SENT
“Latin SENTIRE, SENSUM “to feel, to be aware”
SENTIENT
adj. Conscious; aware
ant: unaware
SENTINEL
“n. One who watches or guards”
SENTIMENT
“n. A feeling about something”
syn: attitude
PRESENTIMENT
“n. A feeling about something before it happens”
syn: forbidding
TANG/TACT
“Latin TANGERE, TACTUM “to touch”
TANGIBLE
“adj. Able to be grasped or perceived”
“syn: concrete ant: abstract”
