Unit 3 Flashcards
Pel/Puls
latin
Pellere, Pulsum
“to push to drive”
Compel
verb
to force or strongly persuade.
Syn: away
Impulse
Noun
A sudden urge to do something.
syn: whim, spur
Expel
Verb.
To send out or away
syn: eject
ant: admit
Jac/Ject
Latin
Jacere, Jectum
“to throw, to cast”
Conjecture
noun
a guess,often based on false evidence.
syn:theory ant : fact
Dejected
Adj.
Downcast or sad.
syn: dispirited ant: animated.
Abject
Adj.
lowly, miserable and wretched
Syn: degraded ant: exalted
MIT/mis
Latin
Mittere, missum
“send”
Emissary
noun
An agent sent on a mission
syn: go between.
Dismisssive
adj.
showing little regard
syn: contemptuous.
Remiss
adj
fulfilling ones duty.
syn: delinquent ant: prudent
Mot/Mov
latin
Movere,motus
“to move’
Motive
noun
use for action
syn: incentive
motif
noun
A recurring volume