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path (root word) |
Root, Emotion, suffer, disease, or feeling |
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apathy |
noun, Lack of interest or desire - Most of George’s so-called friends showed nothing but apathy when he fell ill. They didn’t seem to have any feelings about it at all. |
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empathize |
Verb, Feel empathy, understand and share someone's feelings - Alicia could empathize. She had experienced a long illness herself and understood what George was going through. |
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empathy |
noun, The ability to understand someone's feelings - Alicia’s experience of being ill allowed her to feel empathy for George. |
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pathetic |
adjective, Worthless, weak, lame, pitiful, causing pity - When George fainted during a 5K race, Henry thought George showed a pathetic need for attention; he thought it was false and pitiable. |
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pathogen |
noun, Anything capable of producing (bacteria, virus, and microorganisms) - The doctor began to treat George to remove the pathogen from his body. George made a full recovery. |
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pathologist |
noun, An expert in the study of causes and the natures of disease. - Finally, the pathologist who had been looking for the cause of George’s illness learned that George’s blood contained a high level of toxins caused by a virus. |
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pathos |
noun, The quality in a speech, writing, music, events, or a scene that causes pity or sadness - Alicia, though, saw the pathos in the situation. Her heart went out to George in real pity because he was trying so hard. |
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sym (root word) |
root, Together or with |
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symbol |
noun, Something that stands for or represents something else - The image of two clasping hands is a symbol for friendship. |
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symmetric |
adjectiveEven on both sides, mirror image of one another - The shape of the starfish was perfectly symmetric: each arm had the same width and length and was spaced evenly around the center. |
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symptom |
noun, a sign or an indication - A fever can be a symptom of the flu, a sign that comes along with the disease. |
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sympathy |
noun, Sharing with a person's feeling of sorrow or trouble - Letters of sympathy were sent out to the families of the victims. |
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syn (root word) |
root, Together or with |
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synchronize |
verb, something's occurs at the same time - People working together sometimes synchronize their watches before a project so they can start and finish at the same time. |
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syntax |
noun, the way in which the words and phrases of a sentence are arranged to show how they are related to each other - The sentence had strange syntax: the words were arranged in such a way that it was difficult to understand the writer’s meaning. |
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synthetic |
adjective, something that is artificially made or fake -Synthetic silk is made artificially rather than from silkworm cocoons. |