Unit 5 Vocabulary Flashcards
VID/VIS (root)
Latin; “to see”
words: envisage, visage
envisage
v. To imagine; to conceive of (vis)
Synonym: perceive
visage
n. Face; facial expression (vis)
Synonym: expression
PARI (root)
Latin; “be visible, appear”
words: apparition
apparition
n. An unreal figure; a ghost (pari)
Synonym: specter
SPEC (root)
Latin; “to look”
Words: perspicacious, retrospective, aspect, introspective
Perspicacious
adj. Wise; insightful; acutely intelligent (spec)
Synonym: perceptive
Antonym: dim-witted; short-sighted
retrospective
adj. Looking backward over a period time (spec)
aspect
n. A part that can be considered or viewed (spec)
Synonym: facet
introspective
adj. Contemplating one’s own thoughts and feelings (spec)
Synonym: meditative
Antonym: shallow
PHAN (root)
Greek; “to appear, to show”
Words: phenomenon, diaphanous, epiphany
Phenomenon
n. A fact or event which can be observed and/or documented (phan)
diaphanous
adj. Light-weight and transparent (phan)
Synonym: opaque
epiphany
n. A moment of great insight; revelation