Unit 3 Vocab

Question 1

PEL/PLUS

Answer 1

• Latin
• “to push,or drive”
• Impulse, Expel

Question 2

IMPULSE

Answer 2

• N. a sudden, involuntary urge to do something
• L. “within”
• syn: whim,spur

Question 3

EXPEL

Answer 3

• V. to send out or away.
• L. “out of”
• syn: eject ant: admit

Question 4

JAC/JECT

Answer 4

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

Question 5

CONJECTURE

Answer 5

• N. a guess, often one based on faulty or inadequate evidence.
• L. “together”
• syn: theory ant: fact

Question 6

DEJECTED

Answer 6

• ADJ. downcast or sad; depressed.
• L. “down”
• syn: dispirited ant: animated

Question 7

ABJECT

Answer 7

• ADJ. lowly, miserable and wretched.
• L. “away”
• syn: degraded ant: exalted

Question 8

MIT/MIS

Answer 8

• Latin
• “send”
• Emissary,Dismissive,Remiss

Question 9

EMISSARY

Answer 9

• N. an agent sent on a mission.
• L. “out”
• syn: go-between

Question 10

DISMISSIVE

Answer 10

ADJ. showing little regard, scornful.
L. “apart, away from.
syn: contemptuous

Question 11

REMISS

Answer 11

ADJ. falling to do one’s duty; negligent.
L. “back”
syn: delinquent ant: prudent

Question 12

MOT/MOV

Answer 12

Latin
“to move”
Motive, Motif, Emote

Question 13

MOTIVE

Answer 13

N. cause for action
L.
syn: incentive

Question 14

MOTIF

Answer 14

N. a recurring theme, subject or topic.

F. “dominant idea”

Question 15

EMOTE

Answer 15

V. to dramatically express emotions.
L. “out of”
syn: dramatize