Unit-5 Flashcards
VID/VIS
Latin: To see
Envisage, Visage,
PARI
Latin: Be visible, appear
Apparition
SPEC
Latin: to look
Perspicacious, retrospective, aspect, introspective
PHAN
Greek: to appear, to show
Phenomenon, Diaphanous, epiphany, sycophant
Envisage
Verb
To imagine, to conceive of
Vis
Syn- perceive
Visage
Noun
Face, facial expression
Vis
Syn- expression
Apparition
Noun
An unreal figure, a ghost
Pari
Syn- specter
Perspicacious
Adj. Wise, insightful, acutely intelligent Spec Syn- perceptive Ant- dim-witted
Retrospective
Adj.
looking backward over a period of time
Spec
Aspect
Noun
a part that can be considered or viewed
Spec
Syn- facet
Introspective
Adj. contemplating one's own thoughts and feelings Spec Syn- meditative Ant- shallow
Phenomenon
Noun
A fact or event which can be observed and/or documented
Phen
Epiphany
Noun
A moment of great insight; revelation
Phen
Sycophant
Noun
A person who flatters, a yes-man
Phen
Diaphanous
Adj.
light weight and transparent
Phen
Syn- opaque