Unit 18 Vocabulary Flashcards
Aesthetic
P.O.S: adjective
MEANING: having to do with beauty or order
SYN: artistic
ROOT: aes
ROOT: aes
GREEK; aesthesis
MEANING: feeling, perception
WORDS: aesthetic, anesthetic
Anesthetic
P.O.S: noun
MEANING: a substance which causes loss of feeling
ROOT: aes
ROOT: path
GREEK; pathein
MEANING: to feel
WORDS: apathetic, empathy, pathos, antipathy
Apathetic
P.O.S: adjective
MEANING: not interested; having no strong emotions towards
SYN: indifferent
ROOT: path
Empathy
P.O.S: noun MEANING: sharing of another's emotions SYN: compassion ANT: opposition ROOT: path
Pathos
P.O.S: noun
MEANING: power of evoking great sadness or sympathy
SYN: pitifulness
ROOT: path
Antipathy
P.O.S: adjective MEANING: hostility or hatred SYN: dislike ANT: sympathy ROOT: path
ROOT: sens/sent
LATIN; sensire, sensum
MEANING: to feel, to be aware
Words: sentient, sentinel, sentiment, presentiment
Sentient
P.O.S: adjective
MEANING: conscious; aware
Ant: unaware
ROOT: sens/sent
Sentinel
P.O.S: noun
MEANING: one who watches or guards
ROOT: sens/ sent
Sentiment
P.O.S: noun
MEANING: a feeling about something
SYN: attitude
ROOT: sens/sent
Presentiment
P.O.S: noun
MEANING: a feeling about something before it happens
SYN: foreboding
ROOT: sens/sent
ROOT: tang/tact
LATIN; tangere, tactum
MEANING: to touch
WORDs: tangible, tactile, intact
Tangible
P.O.S: adjective MEANING: able to be grasped or perceived SYN: concrete ANT: abstract ROOT: tang/tact