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”
Phenomenon,Diaphanous, Epiphany, sycophant

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Envisage

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Verb
To imagine; to conceive of
Vis
Syn: perceive

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Visage

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Noun
face, facial expression
Vis
syn: expression

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Apparition

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Noun
An unreal figure; a ghost
Pari
syn: specter

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Perspicacious

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Adjective
Wise; insightful; acutely intelligent
Spec
Syn:perceptive
Ant:dim-witted; short sighted
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Retrospective

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adjective
Looking backward over a period of time
Spec

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Aspect

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Noun
part the can be considered or viewed
Spec
Syn: facet

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Introspective

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Adjective
Contemplating one's own thoughts and feelings
Spec
Syn: Meditative
Ant: shallow
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Phenomenon

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Noun
A fact or event which can be observes and/or documented
Phan

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Diaphanous

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Adjective
Light-weight and transparent
Phan
Syn: opaque

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Epiphany

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Noun
A moment of great insight;revelation
Phan

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Sycophant

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Noun
A person who flatters; a yes-man
Phan

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