Unit 3 Flashcards
1
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Pel/Puls
A
latin
Pellere, Pulsum
“to push to drive”
2
Q
Compel
A
verb
to force or strongly persuade.
Syn: away
3
Q
Impulse
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Noun
A sudden urge to do something.
syn: whim, spur
4
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Expel
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Verb.
To send out or away
syn: eject
ant: admit
5
Q
Jac/Ject
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Latin
Jacere, Jectum
“to throw, to cast”
6
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Conjecture
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noun
a guess,often based on false evidence.
syn:theory ant : fact
7
Q
Dejected
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Adj.
Downcast or sad.
syn: dispirited ant: animated.
8
Q
Abject
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Adj.
lowly, miserable and wretched
Syn: degraded ant: exalted
9
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MIT/mis
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Latin
Mittere, missum
“send”
10
Q
Emissary
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noun
An agent sent on a mission
syn: go between.
11
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Dismisssive
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adj.
showing little regard
syn: contemptuous.
12
Q
Remiss
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adj
fulfilling ones duty.
syn: delinquent ant: prudent
13
Q
Mot/Mov
A
latin
Movere,motus
“to move’
14
Q
Motive
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noun
use for action
syn: incentive
15
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motif
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noun
A recurring volume
