Units 1-3 Greek and Latin Roots

Which root means "to push, to drive"?

(a)  

Which word means to force or strongly persuade?

(a)  

Which word means a sudden, involuntary urge to do something?

• compel

• impulse

• expel

Write the definition of the word expel.

(a)  

Which word means downcast or sad?

• conjecture

• abject

• dejected

What does conjecture mean?

• a guess

• lowly and miserable

• sad

• a fact

Which word means miserable?

• abject

• dejected

• conjecture

Write the part of speech for the word dejected.

(a)  

Which root means "to throw or to cast"?

(a)  

Which root means to "send"?

• pel/puls

• jac/ject

• mit/mis

• mot/mov