Unit 3 Flashcards
pel/ puls
latin: pellere, pulsum, to push, to drive
- compel, impulse, expel
compel
v. to force or strongly persuade, coerce
root: pel
syn: sway
impulse
n. a sudden, involuntary urge to do something
root: puls
syn: whim, spur
expel
v. to send out or away
root: pel
syn: eject
ant: admit
jac/ ject
latin. jacere, jectum. means to throw, to cast
- conjecture, dejected, and abject
conjecture
n. a guess often one based on inadequate or faulty evidence
root: ject
syn: theory
ant: fact
dejected
adj. downcast or sad; depressed
root: ject
syn: dispirited
ant: animated
abject
adj. lowly, miserable and wretched
root: ject
syn: degraded
ant: exulted
mit/ mis
latin. mittere misum, “send”
emissary, dismissive, remiss
emissary
n. an agent sent on a mission
root: mis
syn: go- between
dismissive
adj. showing little regard; scornful
root. mis
syn: contemptuous
remiss
adj. failing to fulfill one’s duty; negligent
root: mis
syn: delinquent
ant: prudent
mot/ mov
latin. movere motus, “to move”
motive, motif, emote
motive
n. cause for action
root: mot
syn: incentive
motif
n. a recurring theme, subject, or idea
root: mot