Pul/Pel Word Root Quiz

Ugh! I'm getting bitten! Pass me the mosquito...

• repellent

• propellant

• impulsion

• repulsive

Because he broke the rules by committing plagiarism, he was_____________ from school.

Guess the word from these clues.

• It is made with the "pul" root + the root "kata" which means "against."

• It is a machine used to move something against walls.

Jocelyn Bell Burnell is a physicist who discovered this type of star, which appears to brighten and darken in a rhythmic pattern.

It almost looks like a human heartbeat (THAT'S A CLUE)

What do you think this star is called?

• an appeller

• a compellator

• a repelser

• a pulsar

When you go rappelling, what do you do with your feet?

• Push against a surface

• Force yourself to climb up

• Kick something out or away

• Make something explode

Something that in unappealing...

• makes you want to do it without having thought through the consequences

• makes you want to push it away

• makes you have to do it

• makes you ring it

If you heard an "interpellation" during a conversation, you have probably heard someone do which of these things?

• interrupt

• swear

• speak without thinking

• speak and spit at the same time

The hypnotist ____________ the person to crouch down, flap their arms like wings, and cluck like a chicken.

• pelted

• repelled

• compelled

• dispelled

Why do you think Gatorade named its drink "Propel?"

• Because it wants to force you to buy the drink

• Because it wants you to think the drink gives you explosive energy

• Because it wants you to feel like the drink will push you forward

• Because it wants you to think the drink is gross

I acted on ________________ when I bought this book at the book store. The cover was so __________________!

• dispersion/compelling

• compulsion/dispelling

• appeal/ impulsive

• impulse/appealing