Etymological root

pellere

Latin

# pellere

**Type:** Etymological root
**Language:** Latin
**Slug:** pellere

## Words From This Root
- repellent - causing disgust or aversion; a substance that drives something away
- repulsive - arousing intense disgust
- repulsion - a feeling of intense disgust, or a force driving things apart
- impulsion - the act of driving forward, or a strong inner urge to act
- repeal - to revoke or annul a law officially
- appealingness - the quality of being attractive or interesting
- compulsatory - compelling or compulsory; tending to compel (archaic)
- compulsive - resulting from or driven by an irresistible urge
- compulsorily - in a way that is required by law or rule; obligatorily
- dispel - to drive away or cause to vanish, as doubts or fears
- expulsion - the act of forcing someone to leave a place or organization
- impel - to drive or urge forward; to compel to act
- impulsively - in a way driven by sudden impulse rather than thought
- impulsiveness - the tendency to act on sudden urges without forethought
- impulsivity - the trait of acting quickly on impulse without weighing consequences
- pulsate - to expand and contract rhythmically; to throb
- repulse - to drive back or fend off; to cause distaste or revulsion in
- uncompelling - not persuasive or interesting

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Words from this root(18)

/rɪˈpɛlənt/ causing disgust or aversion; a substance that drives something away Meaning Off Sound Off

/rɪˈpʌlsɪv/ arousing intense disgust Meaning Off Sound Off

/rɪˈpʌlʃən/ a feeling of intense disgust, or a force driving things apart Meaning Off Sound Off

/ɪmˈpʌlʃən/ the act of driving forward, or a strong inner urge to act Meaning Off Sound Off

/rɪˈpil/ to revoke or annul a law officially Meaning Off Sound Off

appealingness C2+

/əˈpilɪŋnəs/ the quality of being attractive or interesting Meaning Off Sound Off

compulsatory C2+

/kəmˈpʌlsəˌtɔri/ compelling or compulsory; tending to compel (archaic) Meaning Off Sound Off

/kəmˈpʌlsɪv/ resulting from or driven by an irresistible urge Meaning Off Sound Off

compulsorily C2+

/kəmˈpʌlsərəli/ in a way that is required by law or rule; obligatorily Meaning Off Sound Off

/dɪsˈpɛl/ to drive away or cause to vanish, as doubts or fears Meaning Off Sound Off

/ɪkˈspʌlʃən/ the act of forcing someone to leave a place or organization Meaning Off Sound Off

/ɪmˈpɛl/ to drive or urge forward; to compel to act Meaning Off Sound Off

impulsively C2+

/ɪmˈpʌlsɪvli/ in a way driven by sudden impulse rather than thought Meaning Off Sound Off

impulsiveness C2+

/ɪmˈpʌlsɪvnəs/ the tendency to act on sudden urges without forethought Meaning Off Sound Off

impulsivity C2+

/ˌɪmpʌlˈsɪvəti/ the trait of acting quickly on impulse without weighing consequences Meaning Off Sound Off

/ˈpʌlseɪt/ to expand and contract rhythmically; to throb Meaning Off Sound Off

/rɪˈpʌls/ to drive back or fend off; to cause distaste or revulsion in Meaning Off Sound Off

uncompelling C2+

/ˌʌnkəmˈpɛlɪŋ/ not persuasive or interesting Meaning Off Sound Off

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