Unit 3 Flashcards
PEL/PULS
LATIN: to push, to drive
Compel, Impulse, Expel
Compel
V: To force or strongly persuade; coerce
Root: PEL
Syn: sway
Impulse
N: A sudden, involuntary urge to do something
Root: PULSE
Syn: whim, spur
Expel
V: To send out or away
Root: PEL
Syn: eject
Ant: admit
JAC/JACT
LATIN: To throw, to cast
Conjecture, Dejected, Abject
Conjecture
N: A guess, often one based on inadequate or faulty evidence
Root: JECT
Syn: theory
Ant: fact
Dejected
Adj: Downcast or sad; depressed
Root: JECT
Syn: dispirited
Ant: animated
Abject
Adj: Lowly, miserable and wretched
Root: JEACT
Syn: degraded
Ant: Exalted
MIT/MIS
LATIN: send
Emissary, Dismissive, Remiss
Emissary
N: An agent sent on a mission
Root: MIS
Syn: go-between
Dismissive
Adj: Showing little regard; scornful
Root: MIS
Syn: Contemptuous
Remiss
Adj: Failing to fulfill one’s duty; negligent
Root: MIS
Syn: Delinquent
Ant: Prudent
MOT/ MOV
LATIN: to move
Motive, Motif, Emote
Motive
N: Cause for action
Root: MOT
Syn: Incentive
Motif
N: A recurring theme, subject or idea
Root: MOT