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PEL/PULS

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To push to drive
Latin
Compel, impulse, expel

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Compel

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V.
To force or strongly persuade; coerce
Latin
Syn: sway

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Impulse

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N.
A sudden, involuntary urge to do something
Latin
Syn: whim, spur

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Expel

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V.
To send out or away
L.
Syn: eject
Ant: admit
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JAC/JECT

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To throw, to cast
Latin
Conjecture, dejected, abject

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Conjecture

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N.
A guess, often one based on inadequate or faulty evidence
Latin
Syn: theory
Ant: fact
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Dejected

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Adj.
Downcast or sad; depressed
Latin.
Syn: dispirited 
Ant: animated
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Abject

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Adj.
Lowly, miserable and wretched 
Latin
Syn: degraded 
Ant: exalted
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MIT/MIS

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Send
Latin
Emissary, dismissive, remiss

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Emissary

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N.
An agent sent on a mission
Latin
Go-between

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Dismissive

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Adj.
Showing little regard, scornful
Latin
Syn: contemptuous

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Remiss

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Adj.
Failing to fulfill one's duty; negligent 
Latin
Syn: delinquent
Ant: prudent
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MOT/MOV

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To move
Latin
Motive, motif, emote

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Motive

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N.
Cause for action
Latin
Syn: incentive

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Motif

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N.
A recurring theme; subject or idea
Latin

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Emote

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V.
To dramatically express emotions
Latin
Syn: dramatize

Vocabulary From Latin And Greek Routes- IV (8 decks)

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