Unit 5- Vocab Flashcards

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Vid/Vis

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Latin
“To see”
Words: Envisage, Visage

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Envisage

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Latin
V.
"To imagine; to conceive of"
-Vid/Vis
Syn: Perceive
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Visage

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Latin
Noun.
"Face;Facial Expression"
Vid/Vis
Syn:Expression
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Pari

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Latin
“Be visible, appear”
Words: Apparation

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Apparition

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Noun
“An unreal figure: a ghost”
Par/Pari
Syn. Spector

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Spec/Spect

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

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Perspicacious

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-Adjective
Latin
"wise, insightful, actually intellegent"
-Spec
Syn:Perceptive
Adj: dim-witted; short sited
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Retrospective

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Latin
Adj
“look back over something after a long period of time”
-Spec

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Aspect

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Latin
Noun
"A part that can be considered or viewed"
-Spec
Syn: facet
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Introspective

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latin
adj
"contemplating on all of ones thoughts or feelings"
-Spec
Syn: meditative
Ant:Shallow
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Phan

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

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Phenomenon

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Noun
“A fact or event which can be observed an/or documented”
-Phan

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Diaphonous

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Greek
Adj
"Lightweight and transparent" 
-Phan
Syn: opaque
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Epiphany

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Greek
Noun
“A moment of great insight; revelation”
-Phan

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Sycophant

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Greek
Noun
“A person who flatters; a yes man”
-Phan

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