Unit 3 Vocab

Question 1

Pel/puls

Answer 1

(L.) to push, to drive
Compel
Impulse
Expel

Question 2

Jac/ject

Answer 2

(L.) to throw, to cast
Conjecture
Dejected
Abject

Question 3

Mit/mis

Answer 3

(L.) Send
Emissary
Dismissive
Remiss

Question 4

Mot/mov

Answer 4

(L.) to move
Motive
Motif
Emote

Question 5

Compel

Answer 5

V. To force or strongly persuade
Root: Pel/puls
Syn: sway
Ant: firm

Question 6

Impulse

Answer 6

N. A sudden, involuntary urge to do something.
Root: Pel/puls
Syn: spur
Ant: still

Question 7

Expel

Answer 7

V. To send out or away

Root: Pel/puls

Question 8

Conjecture

Answer 8

N. a guess often based on faulty evidence
Root: jac/ject
Syn: theory
Ant: fact

Question 9

Dejected

Answer 9

Adj. downcast or depressed
Root: jac/ject
Syn: dispirited
Ant: animated

Question 10

Abject

Answer 10

Adj. lowly, miserable and wretched
Root: jac/ject
Syn: degraded
Ant: exalted

Question 11

Emissary

Answer 11

N. An agent sent on a mission
Root: Mit/mis
Syn: go between

Question 12

Dismissive

Answer 12

Adj. showing little regard
Root: mit/mis
Syn: contemptuous

Question 13

Remiss

Answer 13

Adj. failing to fulfill one’s duty
Root: mit/mis
Syn: delinquent
Ant: prudent

Question 14

Motive

Answer 14

N. cause for action
Root: mot/mov
Syn: incentive

Question 15

Motif

Answer 15

N. a reoccurring theme, subject or idea

Root: mot/mov

Question 16

Emote

Answer 16

V. To dramatically express emotions
Root: mot/mov
Syn: dramatize