Unit 5 Vocabulary

Question 1

VID/VIS (root)

Answer 1

Latin; “to see”

words: envisage, visage

Question 2

envisage

Answer 2

v. To imagine; to conceive of (vis)

Synonym: perceive

Question 3

visage

Answer 3

n. Face; facial expression (vis)

Synonym: expression

Question 4

PARI (root)

Answer 4

Latin; “be visible, appear”

words: apparition

Question 5

apparition

Answer 5

n. An unreal figure; a ghost (pari)

Synonym: specter

Question 6

SPEC (root)

Answer 6

Latin; “to look”

Words: perspicacious, retrospective, aspect, introspective

Question 7

Perspicacious

Answer 7

adj. Wise; insightful; acutely intelligent (spec)
Synonym: perceptive
Antonym: dim-witted; short-sighted

Question 8

retrospective

Answer 8

adj. Looking backward over a period time (spec)

Question 9

aspect

Answer 9

n. A part that can be considered or viewed (spec)

Synonym: facet

Question 10

introspective

Answer 10

adj. Contemplating one’s own thoughts and feelings (spec)
Synonym: meditative
Antonym: shallow

Question 11

PHAN (root)

Answer 11

Greek; “to appear, to show”

Words: phenomenon, diaphanous, epiphany

Question 12

Phenomenon

Answer 12

n. A fact or event which can be observed and/or documented (phan)

Question 13

diaphanous

Answer 13

adj. Light-weight and transparent (phan)

Synonym: opaque

Question 14

epiphany

Answer 14

n. A moment of great insight; revelation