Unit 3 Vocab.

Question 1

PEL/PULS

Answer 1

Latin “to push, to drive”; compel, impulse, expel

Question 2

Compel

Answer 2

v. “to force or strongly persuade; coerce”; L. com- “along with”;
Synonym: sway

Question 3

Impulse

Answer 3

n. “a sudden, involuntary urge to do something”; L. in- “within”;
Synonym: whim, spur

Question 4

Expel

Answer 4

v. “to send out or away”; L. ex- “out of”;

synonym: eject antonym: admit

Question 5

JAC/JECT

Answer 5

Latin “to throw, to cast”; conjecture, dejected, abject

Question 6

Conjecture

Answer 6

n. “a guess, often one based on inadequate or faulty evidence”;
L. com- “together”; synonym: theory antonym: fact

Question 7

Dejected

Answer 7

adj. “downcast or sad; depressed”; L. de- “down”;

synonym: dispirited antonym: animated

Question 8

Abject

Answer 8

adj. “lowly, miserable and wretched”; L. ab- “away”;

synonym: degraded antonym: exalted

Question 9

MIT/MIS

Answer 9

Latin “send”; emissary, dismissive, remiss

Question 10

Emissary

Answer 10

n. “an agent sent on a mission”; L. ex- “out”;

synonym: go-between

Question 11

Dismisive

Answer 11

adj. “showing little regard; scornful”; L. dis- “apart, away”;
synonym: contemptous

Question 12

Remiss

Answer 12

adj. “failing to fulfill one’s duty; negligent”; L. re- “back”;
synonym: delinquent antonym: prudent

Question 13

MOT/MOV

Answer 13

Latin “to move”; motive, motif, emote

Question 14

Motive

Answer 14

n. “cause for action”; synonym: incentive

Question 15

Motif

Answer 15

n. “a recurring theme, subject or idea”

Question 16

Emote

Answer 16

v. “to dramatically express emotions”; L. e- “out of”;

synonym: dramatize