Unit 3 Flashcards
1
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PEL/PULS (R)
A
- Latin
- to push, to drive
- compel, impulse, expel
2
Q
Compel (W)
A
- to force or strongly persuade; coerce
- v
- PEL/PULS
- syn:sway
3
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Impulse (W)
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- sudden, involuntary urge to do something
- n
- PEL/PULS
- syn:whim, spur
4
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Expel (W)
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- to send out or away
- v
- PEL/PULS
- syn:eject
- ant:admit
5
Q
JAC/JECT (R)
A
- to throw, to cast
- Latin
- conjecture, dejected, abject
6
Q
Conjecture (W)
A
- a guess, often one based on inadequate or faulty evidence
- n
- JECT/JAC
- syn:theory
- ant:fact
7
Q
Dejected (W)
A
- downcast or sad; depressed
- adj
- JAC/JECT
- syn:dispirited
- ant:animated
8
Q
Abject (W)
A
- lowly miserable and wretched
- adj
- JAC/JECT
- syn:degraded
- ant:exalted
9
Q
MIT/MIS (R)
A
- Send
- Latin
- dismissive, emissary, remiss
10
Q
Emissary (W)
A
- an agent sent out on a mission
- n
- MIS/MIT
- syn:go-between
11
Q
Dismissive (W)
A
- showing little regard; scornful
- adj
- MIS/MIT
- syn:contemptuous
12
Q
Remiss (W)
A
- failing to fulfill one’s duty; negligent
- adj
- MIS/MIT
- syn:delinquent
- ant:prudent
13
Q
MOT/MOV (R)
A
- to move
- latin
- motive, motif, emote
14
Q
Motive (W)
A
- cause for action
- n
- MOT/MOV
- syn:incentive
15
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Motif (W)
A
- a recurring theme, subject, or idea
- n
- MOT/MOV
