vocab unit 3 Flashcards
pel
to push
latin
compel impulse expel
compel
to force
pel
syn: sway
impulse
a sudden involuntary urge to do something.
puls
syn: whim, spur
expel
to send out
pel
ant: admit
syn: eject
jac/ject
latin to throw or cast conjecture dejected abject
conjecture
a guess one faulty evidence
ject
syn: theory
ant: fact
dejected
downcast sad or depressed
ject
syn: dispirited
ant: animated
abject
lowly miserable and wretched
ject
syn: degraded
ant: exalted
mit/mis
latin, send
emissary
dismissive
remiss
emissary
an agent sent on a mission
syn: go- between
mis
dismissive
showing little regard
mis
syn: comtemptuous
remiss
failing to complete ones duty
syn: delinquent
ant: prudent
mis
mot/mov
latin to move
motive
motif
emote
motive
cause for action
mot
syn: incentive
motif
a recurring theme subject or idea
mot