Path, Sym, Syn

Front 1

path

Back 1

feeling, emotion, disease, suffer

Front 2

apathy

Back 2

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.

Front 3

empathize

Back 3

to understand and share feelings of others; YOU feeling empathy

alicia could empathize. she had experienced a long illness herself and understood what george was going through.

Front 4

pathetic

Back 4

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.

Front 5

pathogen

Back 5

anything capable of producing a disease, especially a virus, bacteria, or microorganism

the doctor began to treat george to remove the pathogen from his body. george made a full recovery.

Front 6

pathologist

Back 6

an expert in the study of the causes and the nature of a 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.

Front 7

pathos

Back 7

quality in speech, writing, music, events, or 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.

Front 8

path (root word)

Back 8

feeling, emotion, disease, suffer

Front 9

sym (root word)

Back 9

together, with

Front 10

symbol

Back 10

something that represents something else

the image of two clasping hands is a symbol for friendship.

Front 11

symmetric

Back 11

mirror image of each other, something symmetrical

the shape of the starfish was perfectly symmetric: each arm had the same width and length and was spaced evenly around the center.

Front 12

symptom

Back 12

sign or indication of something

a fever can be a symptom of the flu, a sign that comes along with the disease

Front 13

sympathy

Back 13

sharing with a person feelings of sorrow or trouble

letters of sympathy were sent out to the families of the victims.

Front 14

syn (root word)

Back 14

together, with

Front 15

syntax

Back 15

the way which the words and phrases are arranged to show how they relate to each other

Front 16

synthetic

Back 16

together

the sentence had strange syntax: the words were arranged in such a way that it was difficult to understand the writer’s meaning.

Front 17

empathy

Back 17

the ability to understand and share feelings of others

alicia’s experience of being ill allowed her to feel empathy for george.