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compel

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to force or strongly persuade
L.
syn:sway
V.

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PEL/ PULS

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to push, to drive
L.
words:compel, impulse,expel

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impulse

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a sudden involantary urge to do something
N.
L.
syn: whim spur

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expel

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to send out or away
V. 
L. 
syn: eject 
anty: admit
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JAC/JECT

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L.
to throw; to cast
conjecture,dejected,abject

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conjecture

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a guess often based on faulty knowledge
N.
L.
syn. theory
anty: fact
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dejected

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down cast or sad
adj
latin
syn: dispirited 
ant: animated
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abject

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lowly miserable and wretched
adj
L.
syn:degraded 
anty:exalted
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MIT/MIS

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send
latin
emissary,dismissive,remiss

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emissary

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an agent sent on a mission
N.
L.
syn:go-between

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dismissive

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showing little regard
adj.
L.
syn: contemptous

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remiss

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failing to fulfill one's duty
L.
adj
syn: deliquent
anty:prudent
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MOT/MOV

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to move
L.
motif emote motive

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motive

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cause for action
N
L
syn:incitive

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motif

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a recurring theme
L
N

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emote

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to dramitically express emotion
V
L
dramatize