Unit 5 Flashcards
Vid/Vis
“to see”
Latin
Envisage, Visage
Pari
“be visible, appear”
Latin
Apparition
Spec
“to look”
Latin
Perspicacious, Retrospective, Aspect, Introspective
Phan
“to appear, to show”
Greek
Phenomenon, Diaphanous, Epiphany, Sycophant
Envisage
Verb
“to imagine, to conceive of”
L into + visum
Perceive
Visage
Noun
“face, facial expression”
L Videre
Expression
Apparition
Noun
“an unreal figure, a ghost”
L to + parere
Spectre
Perspicacious
Adjective "wise, insightful, acutely intelligent" L through + specere Perceptive Dim-witted, Short-sighted
Retrospective
Adjective
“looking back over a period of time”
L backwards + spectum
Aspect
Noun
“a part that can be considered or viewed”
L toward + spectum
Facet
Introspective
Adjective "contemplating one's own thoughts and feelings" L within + spectum Meditative Shallow
Phenomenon
Noun
“a fact or event which can be observed and/or documented”
G Phanein
Epiphany
Noun
“a moment of great insight, revelation”
G near to + phanein
Sycophant
Noun
“a person who flatters, a yes-man”
G fig + phanein
Diaphanous
Adjective
“light-weight and transparent”
G through + phanein
Opaque