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Reid's Vocab Cards
cogn/sci Words and sens/sent words
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Cognition | the mental process of knowing |
| Cognizant | Fully informed; to know or to be aware |
| Conscience | a source of moral or ethical judgment; knowing right from wrong |
| Conscientious | thorough; principled; characterized by extreme care and effort. |
| Incognito | Describes an unknown identity; identity concealed |
| Omniscient | Having total knowledge; all knowing |
| Recognize | To identify or know someone; to know from past experience. |
| Scientist | A person having expert knowledge in science |
| Sciolistic | Showing frivolous or superficial interest; amateur-like, superficial knowledge of something. |
| Unconscionable | Unscrupulous; not restrained by the conscience; unreasonable, unfair. |
| Assenter | - a person who agrees or feels the same way |
| Consensus | - an opinion or position agreed upon by a group; having a similar feeling or belief as others in a group. |
| Desensitize | feeling |
| Dissent | - to differ in opinion or feeling; to disagree |
| Nonsense | - of little importance; ridiculous; unimportant |
| Resent | - to feel bitter or upset |
| Sensational | - outstanding; spectacular; describing feelings of success |
| Sensible | - showing reason or good judgment; able to feel or perceive |
| Sensitive | - aware of or affected by the attitudes, feelings, or circumstances of others. |
| Sentimental | - having feelings of nostalgia; feeling that a thing is special because of how it relates to the past. |