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WCMS Roots 5
Word Mapping Roots Lesson 5
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| cred, cre | believe, trust |
| miscreant | One who cannot be trusted; a criminal or villain |
| discredit | No belief; disbelief; doubt; absence or loss of belief or trust; damage to one's reputation; loss of respect or status |
| credentials | A document that proves a person is believable |
| spect, spec | look at |
| inspect | To look in; to examine critically in order to detect flaws or errors |
| spectator | One who looks at something; a person who sees or watches without taking an active part |
| perspective | One way of looking at things |
| path, pathy | feeling, suffering |
| pathos | Suffering; experienced or observed which arouses feelings of pity, sorry, sympathy, or compassion |
| empathy | The ability to share in another's emotions, thoughts, or feelings |
| apathy | Lack of emotion or feeling; lack of interest, enthusiasm, concern |