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17 Cards in this Set
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path (root word) |
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 pitty 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) 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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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 The doctor began to treat George to remove the pathogen from his body. George made a full recovery. |
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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 adjective |
Even 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) |
Together or with |
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synchronize verb |
when 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. |
