impulse
sudden urge or push
Root
- pel / puls: drive, push, force
Other words with the pel / puls root
- compel: to force or strongly drive
- compelling: forcefully convincing or gripping
- compulsion: an irresistible urge or force
- compulsive: driven by an irresistible urge
- expel: to drive out
- impel: to drive or urge forward
- impulsive: acting on sudden urges
Pel / puls gives push. An impulse is a small push from inside before judgment catches up.
On impulse, he changed the answer that had been correct.
Impulse makes emotion physical. Something inside pushes. Sometimes that push is useful; sometimes it moves faster than thought.