Unit 5 Flashcards

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Vid/Vis

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“to see”
Latin
Envisage, Visage

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Pari

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“be visible, appear”
Latin
Apparition

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Spec

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“to look”
Latin
Perspicacious, Retrospective, Aspect, Introspective

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Phan

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“to appear, to show”
Greek
Phenomenon, Diaphanous, Epiphany, Sycophant

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Envisage

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Verb
“to imagine, to conceive of”
L into + visum
Perceive

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Visage

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Noun
“face, facial expression”
L Videre
Expression

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Apparition

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Noun
“an unreal figure, a ghost”
L to + parere
Spectre

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Perspicacious

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Adjective
"wise, insightful, acutely intelligent"
L through + specere
Perceptive
Dim-witted, Short-sighted
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Retrospective

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Adjective
“looking back over a period of time”
L backwards + spectum

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Aspect

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Noun
“a part that can be considered or viewed”
L toward + spectum
Facet

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Introspective

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Adjective
"contemplating one's own thoughts and feelings"
L within + spectum
Meditative
Shallow
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Phenomenon

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Noun
“a fact or event which can be observed and/or documented”
G Phanein

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Epiphany

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Noun
“a moment of great insight, revelation”
G near to + phanein

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Sycophant

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Noun
“a person who flatters, a yes-man”
G fig + phanein

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Diaphanous

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Adjective
“light-weight and transparent”
G through + phanein
Opaque

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