Unit 3 Flashcards
1
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PEL/PULS
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“to push, to drive”
2
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Compel - verb
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- To force or strongly persuade; coerce
Ex: The pressures of poverty compel many people to do things they would not do otherwise.
syn: sway
3
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Impulse- noun
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- A sudden, involuntary urge to do something
Ex: When Nick saw the rows and rows of candy, he was seized by an impulse to spend all of his money.
syn: whim, spur
4
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Expel- verb
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- To send out or away
Ex: The council took a vote on whether to expel the treasurer for his accounting mistakes.
syn: eject ant: admit
5
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JAC/JECT
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“to throw, to cast”
6
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Conjecture- noun
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- A guess, often one based on inadequate or faulty evidence
Ex: Because you do not know where I was on the night in question, your assertions about what I did are pure conjecture.
syn: theory ant: fact
7
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Dejected- adjective
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- Downcast or sad; depressed
Ex: After Mac lost the race, he sat in the corner, abandoned and dejected.
syn: dispirited ant: animated
8
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Abject- adjective
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-Lowly, miserable and wretched
Ex: Even in the wealthiest countries, some people are forced to live in abject poverty.
syn: degraded ant: exalted
9
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MIT/MIS
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“send”
10
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Emissary- noun
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- An agent sent on a mission
Ex: During the peace talks, the young Italian diplomat was sent as an emissary to Beijing.
syn: go-between
11
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Dismissive- adjective
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- Showing little regard, scornful
Ex: The professor responded to my confused question with a dismissive wave of his hand.
syn: contemptuous
12
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Remiss- adjective
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- Failing to fulfill one’s duty;negligent
Ex: Do you thinks I was remiss in not cleaning up after the party?
syn: delinquent ant: prudent
13
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MOT/MOV
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“to move”
14
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Motive- noun
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- cause for action
Ex: The detective had the difficult job of establishing a motive for the murder of a popular businessman.
syn: incentive
15
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Motif- noun
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- A recurring theme, subject or idea
Ex: The recurring father-son motif in this novel makes me wonder about the authors relationship with his own father.
