Vocab List #12

path - emotion
 sympathy: an expression of understanding and care for someone else's suffering:
 empathy:
 apathy: behavior that shows no interest or energy and shows that someone is unwilling
to take action, especially over something important
 pathos: the power of a person, situation, piece of writing, or work of art to cause
feelings of sadness, especially because people feel sympathy
o pathetic (adj): causing feelings of sadness, sympathy, or sometimes lack of
respect, especially because a person or an animal is suffering
 antipathy = anti- ("against") + pathos ("feeling"): a feeling against someone or
something.

phil- love of
 philanthropy: support in the form of donating money, work, or gifts to positive social
purposes; overall love for humans in general.
o philanthropist: a person who helps the poor, especially by giving them money
 audiophile: a person who is very interested in and enthusiastic about equipment for
playing recorded sound, and its quality
 bibliophile: someone who loves (and usually collects) books

soph- wisdom
 sophism: a wise way of using argument of words to deceive someone
o sophist: one who reasons falsely
o sophistry: a kind of wisdom that seems true but is actually false.
 sophisticated: having a good understanding of the way people behave and/or a good
knowledge of some areas; intelligent or made in a complicated way and therefore able
to do complicated tasks
 philosophy = philo- (love) + -sophos- (wisdom): the study of the meaning of life, such as
the nature of the real world and existence, the use and limits of knowledge, and the
principles of moral judgment

log- words
 logos (derived from Greek word): the word; the rational principle in the universe
 logic: the use of words and reasons to persuade or to arrive at truth
 analogy: an attempt to take two different things and join them together in meaning.
  prologue: an explanatory opening or introduction to a poem, play, or novel.

cred- belief; trust

 accreditation: granting approval or belief in a school
 credence (n): belief as to the truth of something, something giving a claim to belief or
confidence
o credential (n): a proof of a someone’s ability
 credo: a belief or motto
 credulous: tending to believe too easily; easily convinced; easily fooled
 credulity: willingness to believe that something is real or true, especially when this is
unlikely
 credible: believable, reliable
 credit: (n) – praise, approval, or honor, (v) - to believe that someone will do something