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Vocab Unit 3
Mrs. Wise English 2 k
Question | Answer |
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Pel/puls | to push, to drive |
Compel | to force or strongly persuade, coerce |
Impulse | a sudden involuntary urge to do something |
Expel | to send out of away |
Jac/ject | to throw or to cast |
conjecture | a guess based on inadiquate or faulty evidence |
dejected | downcast sad or depressed |
abject | lowly, miserable, wrenched |
mit/mis | send |
emissary | an agent sent on a mission |
dismissive | showing little regard, scornful |
remiss | failing to fulfill ones duty |
mot/mov | to move |
motive | cause for action |
motif | a recurring theme or symbol |
emote | to dramatically express emotions |
via | road, way |
viaduct | a bridge that carries a road or railroad over a valley |
impervious | unable to be affected |
deviate | to depart from a path or plan |
obviate | to make unnecessary; to avoid |
fer | to carry or to bring |
defer | to put aside until later; to yield respectfully |
deference | act or practice of yielding to another's authority |
confer | to discuss something, to consult; to bestow |
inference | a conclusion not directly provided by evidence but drawn out by facts |
proffer | to present or offer |
proliferate | to increase greatly in number; to multiply |
port | to carry, to bring |
comportment | manner in which one acts or behaves |
purported | claimed as true, but probably false |