Flashcards in Unit 18 Deck (17):
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AES
Greek: Aesthesis means "feeling, perception"
Aesthetic, Anesthetic
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Aesthetic
adj.Having to do with beauty or oder.
Root: Aes
Syn: Artistic
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Anesthetic
n. A substance which causes loss of feeling.
Root: Aes
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PATH
Greek: Pathein means to "feel"
Apathetic, Empathy, Pathos, Antipathy
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Apathetic
adj. Not interested; having no strong emotion towards.
Root: Path
Syn: Indifferent
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Empathy
n. Sharing of another's emotions.
Root: Path
Syn: Compassion
Ant: Opposition
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Pathos
n. Power of evoking great sadness or sympathy.
Root: Path
Syn: Pitifulness
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Antipathy
adj. Hostility or hatred.
Root: Path
Syn: Dislike
Ant: Sympathy
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SENS/SENT
Latin: Sentire, Sensum means to "feel, to be aware"
Sentient, Sentinel, Sentiment, Presentiment
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Sentient
adj. Conscious; aware.
Root: Sent
Ant: Unaware
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Sentinel
n. One who watches or guards.
Root: Sent
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Sentiment
n. A feeling about something.
Root: Sent
Syn: Attitude
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Presentiment
n. A feeling about something that happens.
Root: Sent
Syn: Foreboding
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TANG/TACT
Latin: Tangere, Tactum means to "touch"
Tangible, Tactile, Intact
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Tangible
adj. Able to be grasped or perceived.
Root: Tang
Syn: Concrete
Ant: Abstract
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Tactile
adj. Pertaining to touch.
Root: Tact
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