Unit 3 Flashcards

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Latin

Compel, Impulse, Expel

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Pel/Puls

“to push or drive”

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Verb
“To force or strongly persuade; coerce”
Pel
Syn: sway

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Verb
“To force or strongly persuade; coerce”
Pel
Syn: sway

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Noun
“A sudden, involuntary urge to do something”
Puls
Syn:whim, spur

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Impulse

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Verb
"To send out or away"
Pel
Syn: eject
Ant: admit
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Expel

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Latin
“To throw, to cast”
Conjecture, Dejected, Abject

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Latin
“To throw, to cast”
Conjecture, Dejected, Abject

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Noun
"A guess, often one based on inadequate or faulty evidence"
Ject
Syn:theory
Ant: fact
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Conjecture

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Adjective
"Downcast or sad; depressed"
Ject
Syn: dispirited
Ant: animated
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Dejected

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Abjec

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Adjective
"Lowly, miserable and wretched"
Jett
Syn: degraded
Ant: exalted
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Latin
“Send”
Emissary, Dismissive, Remiss

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Latin
“Send”
Emissary, Dismissive, Remiss

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Noun
“An agent sent on a mission”
Mis
Syn: go-between

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Emissary

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Adjective
“Showing little regard; scornful”
Mis
Syn: contemptuous

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Dismissive

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Adjective
"Failing to fulfill one's duty; negligent 
Mis
Syn: delinquent
Ant: prudent
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Adjective
"Failing to fulfill one's duty; negligent 
Mis
Syn: delinquent
Ant: prudent
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Latin
“To move”
Motive, Motif, Emote

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Latin
“To move”
Motive, Motif, Emote

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Noun
“Cause for action”
Mot
Syn: incentive

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Noun
“Cause for action”
Mot
Syn: incentive

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Noun
“A recurring theme, subject or idea”
Mot

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Noun
“A recurring theme, subject or idea”
Mot

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Verb
“To dramatically express emotions”
Mot
Syn: dramatize

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Emote