Unit Five Flashcards
Envisage
v. To imagine; to conceive of.
Root: Vid/Vis
Syn: perceive
Ant: destroy
Visage
n. Face; facial expression.
Root: Vid/Vis
Syn: expression
Ant: secretive
Apparition
n. An unreal figure; a ghost.
Root: Pari
Syn: spectre
Ant: object
Perspicacious
adj. Wise; insightful; acutely intelligent.
Root: Spec
Syn: perceptive
Ant: dim-witted; short-sighted
Retrospective
adj. Looking backward over a period of time
Root: Spec
Syn: reminiscing
Ant: foreshadowing
Aspect
n. A part that can be considered or viewed.
Root: Spec
Syn: facet
Ant: invisible
Introspective
adj. Contemplating one’s own thoughts and feelings.
Root: Spec
Syn: meditative
Ant: shallow
Phenomenon
n. A fact or event which can be observed and/or documented.
Root: Phan
Syn: occurrence
Ant: thought
Diaphanous
adj. Lightweight and transparent.
Root: Phan
Syn: opaque
Ant: visible
Epiphany
n. A moment of great insight; revelation.
Root: Phan
Syn: enlightenment
Ant: depression
Sycophant
n. A person who flatters; a yes-man.
Root: Phan
Syn: gentleman
Ant: jerk
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.
