Unit Five Flashcards

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Envisage

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v. To imagine; to conceive of.
Root: Vid/Vis
Syn: perceive
Ant: destroy

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Visage

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n. Face; facial expression.
Root: Vid/Vis
Syn: expression
Ant: secretive

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Apparition

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n. An unreal figure; a ghost.
Root: Pari
Syn: spectre
Ant: object

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Perspicacious

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adj. Wise; insightful; acutely intelligent.
Root: Spec
Syn: perceptive
Ant: dim-witted; short-sighted

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Retrospective

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adj. Looking backward over a period of time
Root: Spec
Syn: reminiscing
Ant: foreshadowing

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Aspect

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n. A part that can be considered or viewed.
Root: Spec
Syn: facet
Ant: invisible

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Introspective

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adj. Contemplating one’s own thoughts and feelings.
Root: Spec
Syn: meditative
Ant: shallow

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Phenomenon

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n. A fact or event which can be observed and/or documented.
Root: Phan
Syn: occurrence
Ant: thought

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Diaphanous

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adj. Lightweight and transparent.
Root: Phan
Syn: opaque
Ant: visible

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Epiphany

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n. A moment of great insight; revelation.
Root: Phan
Syn: enlightenment
Ant: depression

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Sycophant

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n. A person who flatters; a yes-man.
Root: Phan
Syn: gentleman
Ant: jerk

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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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