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Aesthetic

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Adj. having to do with beuty or order
Root: aes
Syn: artistic
Ant: uneven

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Aes

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“Greek AESTHESIS “feeling, perception”

Aesthetic , Anesthetic

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Anesthetic

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N. substance which causes loss of feeling
Root:aes
Syn: number
And: stimulate

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Path

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Greek Pathen, to feel

Apathetic, apathy, pathos anti pathy

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Apathetic

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Adj. not interested, having no strong emotions toward
Root:Path
Syn:indifferent
Ant: involved

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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:pititfullness
Ant:

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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 SENTIRE, SENSUM “to feel, to be aware”

Sentient,sentinel, sentiment, presentment

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Sentient

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Adj.Coincious, aware
Root: sens/sent
Syn: alive
Ant: inanimate

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Sentinel

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N. one who watches or guards
Root: sens/sent
Syn:gaurd
Ant: invader

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Sentiment

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N. a felling about some thing
Root: sens/sent
Syn:attitude
Ant:

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Presentment

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N. a feeling about something before it happens
Root: sens/sent
Syn: foreboding
Ant: unforeseeable

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Tang/tact

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“Latin TANGERE, TACTUM “to touch”

Tangible, tactile, intact

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Tangible

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Adj. able to be grasped or perceived
Root: tang/tact
Syn. Concrete
Ant: abstract

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Tactile

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AdJ. pertaining to touch
Root: tang/tact
Syn: none
Ant: none.

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Intact

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Adj. unbroken, whole
Root: tang/tact
Syn: unharmed
Ant: none

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