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PEL/PULS

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LATIN: to push, to drive

Compel, Impulse, Expel

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Compel

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V: To force or strongly persuade; coerce
Root: PEL
Syn: sway

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Impulse

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N: A sudden, involuntary urge to do something
Root: PULSE
Syn: whim, spur

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Expel

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V: To send out or away
Root: PEL
Syn: eject
Ant: admit

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JAC/JACT

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LATIN: To throw, to cast

Conjecture, Dejected, Abject

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Conjecture

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N: A guess, often one based on inadequate or faulty evidence
Root: JECT
Syn: theory
Ant: fact

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Dejected

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Adj: Downcast or sad; depressed
Root: JECT
Syn: dispirited
Ant: animated

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Abject

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Adj: Lowly, miserable and wretched
Root: JEACT
Syn: degraded
Ant: Exalted

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MIT/MIS

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LATIN: send

Emissary, Dismissive, Remiss

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Emissary

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N: An agent sent on a mission
Root: MIS
Syn: go-between

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Dismissive

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Adj: Showing little regard; scornful
Root: MIS
Syn: Contemptuous

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Remiss

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Adj: Failing to fulfill one’s duty; negligent
Root: MIS
Syn: Delinquent
Ant: Prudent

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MOT/ MOV

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LATIN: to move

Motive, Motif, Emote

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Motive

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N: Cause for action
Root: MOT
Syn: Incentive

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Motif

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N: A recurring theme, subject or idea
Root: MOT

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Emote

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V: to dramatically express emotioins
Root: MOT
Syn: dramatize