Vocab 27 & 28 Flashcards
Apathy
Noun
Lack feeling; lack of concern or interest
Assent
Verb
To agree with something
Noun
Agreement
Empathy
Noun
An identification with an understanding of other people’s feelings and situations
Pathetic
Adj
arousing compassion or pity
Pathology
Noun
The study of disease, signs of disease, or an abnormal, usually negative, state
Presentiment
Noun
A sense that something is about to occur
Sensational
Adj
Causing strong feelings of curiosity or interest by giving exaggerated or shocking details; wondering
Sensibility
Noun
Acute intellectual or emotional perception or feeling; awareness and responsiveness toward something
Sententious
Adj
Energetic and concise in expression; saying meaningful things precisely; prone to pompous moralizing or giving advice in a self-righteous way
Sentient
Adj
Capable of perceiving and feeling; conscious
Ensure
Verb
To occur as a consequence or result of something else
To place subsequently; to follow
Ephemental
Adj
Lasting only for a very brief time, fleeting, transitory
Harbinger
Noun
A person or thing that signals or foreshadows what is to come
Verb
To signal the approach of; to warn
Imminent
Adj
About to occur; impending
Interim
Noun
A period of time between two events
Interminable
Adj
Being or seeming to be without end; endless; tiremonely long
Perennial
Adj
Enduring, recurring or long-lasting
Noun
A plant that is grown again each year
Precipitate
Verb To cause to happen, especially suddenly or prematurely To throw forcefully downward Adj Suddenly, unexpected
Provisional
Adj
Serving only for the time being; temporary
Retrospective
Adj
Looking back on, directed to the past
Noun
An exhibit or a performance of works produced by an artist over a considerable time period
