Unit 5 Vocabulary Flashcards
Envisage
P.O.S: verb
MEANING: to imagine; to conceive of
SYN: perceive
RROT: vid/vis
ROOT: Vid/vis
LATIN; videre,visum MEANING: to see WORDS: Envisage Visage
Visage
P.O.S: noun
MEANING: face; facial expression
SYN: expression
ROOT: vid/vis
ROOT: pari
LATIN; parere, paritum
MEANING: be visible, appear
WORDS:
Apparation
Apparition
P.O.S: noun
MEANING: an unreal figure; ghost
SYN: specter
ROOT: pari
ROOT: spec
LATIN; specere, spectum MEANING: to look WORDS: Perspicacious Retrospective Aspect Introspective
Perspicacious
P.O.S: adjective MEANING: wise; insightful; acutely intelligence SYN: perceptive ANT: dim witted; shortsighted ROOT: spec
Retrospective
P.O.S: adjective
MEANING: looking backward over a period of time
ROOT: spec
Aspect
P.O.S: noun
MEANING: a part that can be considered or viewed
SYN: facet
ROOT: spec
Introspective
P.O.S: adjective MEANING: contemplating one's own thoughts and feelings SYN: meditative ANT: shallow ROOT: spec
ROOT: phan
GREEK; phanein MEANING: to appear, to show WORDS: Phenomenon Diaphanous Epiphany
Phenomenon
P.O.S: noun
MEANING: a fact or event which can be observed and/or documented
ROOT: phan
Diaphanous
P.O.S: adjective
MEANING: lightweight and transparent
SYN: opaque
ROOT: phan
Epiphany
P.O.S: noun
MEANING: a moment of great insight; revelation
ROOT: phan
Sycophant
P.O.S: noun
MEANING: a person who flatters; a yes-man
ROOT: phan
