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17 Cards in this Set
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path |
root word feeling, emotion, suffer, and 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 |
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empathize |
verb to feel empathy, share a feeling 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 |
adj worthless, lame, weak, 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 a disease especially bacteria, microorganism 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 nature 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 quality in a speech, writing, music, events, or events 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 together or with |
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symbol |
noun something that stands for or represents something else America's symbol is the American eagle |
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symmetric |
adj.
even on both sides, a mirror image of the other 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 sorrow or trouble Letters of sympathy were sent out to the families of the victims. |
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syn |
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Together or 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 |
adj 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 |
adj.Artificial hybrid made
Synthetic silk is made artificially rather than from silkworm cocoons. |
