Unit 5 Flashcards

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Vid/Vis

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Latin: to see

Envisage, visage

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Pari

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Latin: be visible, appear

Apparition

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Spec

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Latin: to look

Perspicacious, retrospective, aspect, introspective

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Phan

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Greek: to appear, to show

Epiphany, diaphanous, phenomenon

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Envisage

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V.to imagine, to conceive of
Vid/vis
Syn: perceive

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Visage

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N. face, facial expression
Vid/vis
Syn: expression

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Apparition

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N. an unreal figure, a ghost
Pari
Syn: specter

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Perspicacious

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adj. Wise; insightful; acutely intelligent
Spec
Syn: perceptive
Ant: dim-witted, short sighted

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Retospective

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adj. Looking backward over a period of time

Spec

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Aspect

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n. A part that can be considered or viewed
Spec
Syn: facet

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Introspective

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adj. Contemplating one’s own thoughts and feelings
Spec
Syn: meditative
Ant. Shallow

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Phenomenon

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n. A fact or event which can be observed and/or documented

Phan

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Epiphany

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A moment of great insight, revelation

Phan

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Diaphanous

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adj. Lightweight and transparent
Phan
Syn: opaque

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Syncophant

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n. A person who flatters; a yes-man

Phan

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