Unit 3

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
Root: PEL
Syn: sway

Question 3

Impulse

Answer 3

N: A sudden, involuntary urge to do something
Root: PULSE
Syn: whim, spur

Question 4

Expel

Answer 4

V: To send out or away
Root: PEL
Syn: eject
Ant: admit

Question 5

JAC/JACT

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
Root: JECT
Syn: theory
Ant: fact

Question 7

Dejected

Answer 7

Adj: Downcast or sad; depressed
Root: JECT
Syn: dispirited
Ant: animated

Question 8

Abject

Answer 8

Adj: Lowly, miserable and wretched
Root: JEACT
Syn: degraded
Ant: Exalted

Question 9

MIT/MIS

Answer 9

LATIN: send

Emissary, Dismissive, Remiss

Question 10

Emissary

Answer 10

N: An agent sent on a mission
Root: MIS
Syn: go-between

Question 11

Dismissive

Answer 11

Adj: Showing little regard; scornful
Root: MIS
Syn: Contemptuous

Question 12

Remiss

Answer 12

Adj: Failing to fulfill one’s duty; negligent
Root: MIS
Syn: Delinquent
Ant: Prudent

Question 13

MOT/ MOV

Answer 13

LATIN: to move

Motive, Motif, Emote

Question 14

Motive

Answer 14

N: Cause for action
Root: MOT
Syn: Incentive

Question 15

Motif

Answer 15

N: A recurring theme, subject or idea
Root: MOT

Question 16

Emote

Answer 16

V: to dramatically express emotioins
Root: MOT
Syn: dramatize