Unit 18 Flashcards

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Aesthetic

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Adj. having to do with beauty or order.
Root: Aes
Syn: artistic

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Aes

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Greek. Feeling, perception

Aesthetic, anesthetic

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Anesthetic

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N. a substance which causes a loss of feeling.

Root: Aes

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Path

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Greek. To feel

Apathetic, empathy, pathos, antipathy

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Apathetic

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Adj. not interested
Root: Path
Syn: indifferent

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Empathy

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N. sharing of another’s emotion
Root: Path
Syn: compassion
Ant: opposition

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Pathos

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N. power of evoking great sadness or sympathy
Root: Path
Syn: pitifulness

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Antipathy

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Adj. hostility or hatred
Root: Path
Syn: dislike
Ant: sympathy

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Sens/sent

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Latin. To feel, to be aware

Sentient, sentinel, sentiment, presentment

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Sentient

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Adj. conscious; aware.
Root: sent
Ant: unaware

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Sentinel

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N. one who watches or guards

Root: sent

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Sentiment

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N. a feeling about something.
Root: sent
Syn: attitude

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Presentment

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N. a feeling about something before it happens
Root: sent
Syn: foreboding

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Tang/tact

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Latin. To touch

Tangible, tactile, intact

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Tangible

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Adj. able to be grasped or perceived
Root: tang
Syn: concrete
Ant: abstract

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Tactile

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Adj. pertaining to touch

Root: tact

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Intact

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Adj. unbroken; whole
Root: tact
Syn: unharmed