Unit 3 Vocabulary Flashcards
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ROOT: pel/puls
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LATIN; pellere,pulsum MEANING: to push to drive WORDS: - compel - impulse - expel
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Compel
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P.O.S: verb
MEANING: to force or strongly persuade; coerce
SYNONYM: sway
ROOT: pel/puls
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Impulse
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P.O.S: noun
MEANING: a sudden, involuntary urge to do something
SYNONYM: whim,spur
ROOT: pel/puls
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Expel
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P.O.S: verb MEANING: to send out or away SYNONYM: eject ANTONYM: admit ROOT: pel/puls
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ROOT: jac/ject
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LATIN; jacere, jectum MEANING: to throw, to cast WORDS: - conjecture - dejected - abject
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Conjecture
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P.O.S: noun MEANING: a guess, often one based on inadequate or faulty evidence SYNONYM: theory ANTONYM: fact ROOT: jac/ject
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Dejected
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P.O.S: adjective MEANING: downcast or sad; depressed SYNONYM: dispirited ANTONYM: animated ROOT: jac/ject
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Abject
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P.O.S: adjective MEANING: lowly, miserable, and wretched SYNONYM: degraded ANTONYM: exalted ROOT: jac/ject
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ROOT: mit/mis
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LATIN; mittere, missum MEANING: send WORDS: - emissary - dismissive - remiss
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Emissary
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P.O.S: noun
MEANING: an agent sent on a mission
SYNONYM: go-between
ROOT: mit/mis
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Dismissive
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P.O.S: adjective
MEANING: showing little regard; scornful
SYNONYM: contemptuous
ROOT: mit/mis
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Remiss
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P.O.S: adjective MEANING: failing to fulfill one's duty; negligent SYNONYM: delinquent ANTONYM: prudent ROOT: mis/mit
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ROOT: mot/mov
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LATIN; movere, motus MEANING: to move WORDS: - motive - motif - emote
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Motive
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P.O.S: noun
MEANING: cause for action
SYNONYM: incentive
ROOT: mot/ mov
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Motif
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P.O.S: noun
MEANING: a reoccurring theme, subject, or idea
ROOT: mot/mov
