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 a loss of feeling.
Root: Aes
Path
Greek. To feel
Apathetic, empathy, pathos, antipathy
Apathetic
Adj. not interested
Root: Path
Syn: indifferent
Empathy
N. sharing of another’s emotion
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