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, Introspective 
Aspect
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PHAN

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Latin
"To appear, to show"
Phenomenon
Diaphanous
Epiphany 
Sycophant
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Envisage

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Verb
To imagine; to conceive of
Synonym: perceive

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Visage

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Noun
- Face; facial expression
Synonym: expression

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Apparition

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Noun
- an unreal figure; a ghost
Synonym: specter

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Perspicacious

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Adjective
-Wise; insightful; acutely intelligent
Synonym: perceptive
Antonym: dim-witted; short-sighted

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Retrospective

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Adjective

-looking backwards over a period of time

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Aspect

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Noun
- a part that can be considered or viewed
Synonym: facet

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Introspective

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Adjective
-Contemplating one’s own thought and feelings
Synonym: meditative
Antonym: shallow

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Phenomenon

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Noun

- a fact or event which can be observed or documented

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Diaphanous

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Adjective
- light weight and transparent
Synonym: opaque

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Epiphany

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Noun

- a moment of great insight; revelation

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Sycophant

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Noun

- a person who flatters; a yes-man

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