Unit 18 Flashcards
Aesthetic
Adj. having to do with beauty or order
Root: aes
Syn: artistic
Aes
Greek: feeling, perception
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, not having strong emotion towards
Root: path
Syn: indifferent
Empathy
N. sharing 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: 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: foreboding
Tang/tact
Latin: to touch
Tangible, tactile, intact
Tangible
Adj. able to be grasped or perceived
Root: tang
Syn: concrete
Ant: abstract