Unit 18 Flashcards
Adj. having to do with beauty or order
Root: aes
Syn: artistic
Aesthetic
Greek “feeling, perception”
Aesthetic, anesthetic
Aes
N. a substance which causes loss of feeling
Root: aes
Anesthetic
Greek “to feel”
Apathetic, empathy, pathos, antipathy
Path
Adj. not interested; having no strong emotion towards
Root: path
Syn: indifferent
Apathetic
N. sharing of another’s emotions
Root: path
Syn: compassion
Ant: opposition
Empathy
N. power of evoking great sadness or sympathy
Root: path
Syn: pitifulness
Pathos
Adj. hostility or hatred
Root: path
Syn: dislike
Ant: sympathy
Antipathy
Latin “to feel, to be aware”
Sentient, sentinel, sentiment, presentment
Sens/sent
Adj. conscious; aware
Root: sens/sent
Ant: unaware
Sentient
N. one who watches or guards
Root: sens/sent
Sentinel
N. a feeling about something
Root: sens/sent
Syn: attitude
Sentiment
N. a feeling about something before it happens
Root: sens/sent
Syn: foreboding
Presentiment
Latin “to touch”
Tangible, tactile, intact
Tang/tact
Adj. able to be grasped or perceived
Root: tang/tact
Syn: concrete
Ant: abstract
Tangible