UNIT 3 Flashcards
1
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PEL/PULSE
A
- Latin
- to push, to drive
- compel, impulse, expel,
2
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JAC/JACT
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- to throw, to cast
- Latin
- Conjecture, dejected, abject
3
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MIT/MIS
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- send
- Latin
- emissary, dismissive, remiss,
4
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MOT/MOV
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- to move
- Latin
- motive, motif, emote
5
Q
Compel
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- verb
- to force or strongly persuade; coerce
- PEL/PULS
- Syn- away
6
Q
Impulse
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- noun
- a sudden, involuntary urge to do something
- PEL/PULS
- Syn- whim, spur
7
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Expel
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- verb
- to send out or away
- PEL/PULS
- Syn- eject
- ant- admit
8
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Conjecture
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- noun
- a guess, often based on inadequate or faulty evidence
- JAC/JECT
- Syn- theory
- ant - fact
9
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Dejected
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- adj.
- Downcast or sad; depressed
- JAC/JECT
- Syn- dispirited
- ant- animated
10
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Abject
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- adj
- lowly, miserable and wretched
- JAC/JECT
- Syn- degraded
- Ant- exalted
11
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Emissary
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- Noun
- an agent sent on a mission
- MIT/MIS
- syn- go-between
12
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Dismissive
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- Adj
- showing little regard; scornful
- MIT/MIS
- syn- contemptuous
13
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Remiss
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- Adj
- failing to fulfill one’s duty; negligent
- MIT/MIS
- Syn- delinquent
- ant- prudent
14
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Motive
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- noun
- cause for action
- MOT/MOV
- Syn- incentive
15
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Motif
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- noun
- a recurring theme, subject or idea
- MOT/MOV
