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PEL/PULS (R)

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  • Latin
  • to push, to drive
  • compel, impulse, expel
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Compel (W)

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  • to force or strongly persuade; coerce
  • v
  • PEL/PULS
  • syn:sway
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Impulse (W)

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  • sudden, involuntary urge to do something
  • n
  • PEL/PULS
  • syn:whim, spur
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Expel (W)

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  • to send out or away
  • v
  • PEL/PULS
  • syn:eject
  • ant:admit
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JAC/JECT (R)

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  • to throw, to cast
  • Latin
  • conjecture, dejected, abject
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Conjecture (W)

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  • a guess, often one based on inadequate or faulty evidence
  • n
  • JECT/JAC
  • syn:theory
  • ant:fact
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Dejected (W)

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  • downcast or sad; depressed
  • adj
  • JAC/JECT
  • syn:dispirited
  • ant:animated
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Abject (W)

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  • lowly miserable and wretched
  • adj
  • JAC/JECT
  • syn:degraded
  • ant:exalted
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MIT/MIS (R)

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  • Send
  • Latin
  • dismissive, emissary, remiss
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Emissary (W)

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  • an agent sent out on a mission
  • n
  • MIS/MIT
  • syn:go-between
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Dismissive (W)

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  • showing little regard; scornful
  • adj
  • MIS/MIT
  • syn:contemptuous
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Remiss (W)

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  • failing to fulfill one’s duty; negligent
  • adj
  • MIS/MIT
  • syn:delinquent
  • ant:prudent
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MOT/MOV (R)

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  • to move
  • latin
  • motive, motif, emote
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Motive (W)

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  • cause for action
  • n
  • MOT/MOV
  • syn:incentive
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Motif (W)

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  • a recurring theme, subject, or idea
  • n
  • MOT/MOV
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Emote (W)

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  • to dramatically express emotions
  • v
  • MOT/MOV
  • syn:dramatize