Unit 3

Question 1

PEL/PULS

Answer 1

• Latin
• “to push, to drive”
• compel, expel, impulse

Question 2

Compel

Answer 2

• To force or strongly persuade; coerce
• verb
• syn: sway

Question 3

IMPULSE

Answer 3

• A sudden, involuntary urge to do something
• noun
• syn: whim, spur

Question 4

Expel

Answer 4

• To send out or away
• verb
• syn: eject ant: admit

Question 5

JAC/JECT

Answer 5

• “to throw, to cast”
• Lat
• conjecture, dejected, abject

Question 6

CONJECTURE

Answer 6

• A guess, often one based on inadequate or faulty evidence
• noun
• syn: theory ant: fact

Question 7

DEJECTED

Answer 7

• Downcast or sad; depressed
• adjective
• syn: dispirited ant: animated

Question 8

ABJECT

Answer 8

• Lowly, miserable and wretched
• adjective
• syn: degraded ant: exalted

Question 9

MIT/MIS

Answer 9

• “send”
• Latin
• emissary, dismissive, remiss,

Question 10

EMISSARY

Answer 10

• An agent sent on a mission
• noun
• syn: go-between

Question 11

DISMISSIVE

Answer 11

• Showing little regard; scornful
• adjective
• syn: contemptuous

Question 12

REMISS

Answer 12

• Failing to fulfill one’s duty; negligent
• adjective
• syn: delinquent ant: prudent

Question 13

MOT/MOV

Answer 13

• “to move”
• Latin
• motive, motif, emote

Question 14

MOTIVE

Answer 14

• Cause for action
• noun
• syn: incentive

Question 15

MOTIF

Answer 15

• A recurring theme, subject or idea

- noun

Question 16

EMOTE

Answer 16

• To dramatically express emotions
• verb
• syn: dramatize