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17 Cards in this Set
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path (root word) |
Feeling, Emotion, suffering, disease |
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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) |
To understand 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 of producing a disease especially bacteria, viruses, e.t.c. 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 causes in the study of the causes, and the nature of the 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 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) |
Greek, mean “together.” |
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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 (Adjective) |
Even on both sides 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 someone's feelings of sorrow or trouble Letters of sympathy were sent out to the families of the victims. |
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Syn (root word) |
Together, with |
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synchronize (Verb) |
When something 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 relate 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) |
Artificially made, fake Synthetic silk is made artificially rather than from silkworm cocoons. |
