1. Mob/ Mot
Move

2. promote
To raise or MOVE to a higher rank, grade, or position. 2) to help grow or succeed At the end of this year, the eighth graders will be promoted to high school.

3. remote
Distant. Far off or far away in space or time. Many horror movies take place in a remote cabin in the woods.

4. unmotivated
“Un”- (Not) + “Mot”- (Move) = Being in the state of not wanted to MOVE to do something. During Winter Break, many students were unmotivated to complete their reading projects.

5. emotion
The act or process of one’s feelings being MOVED by someone or something. (The suffix –ion means act of process) She was very emotional after she watched the television special about children with cancer.

6. commotion
Confusion. The act or process of noisily MOVING about in a rush. There was a lot of commotion at the mall during Black Friday shopping hours.

7. nonmotile
“Non”- (not)- “Mot” (Move)+ “ile” (capable of)= Not capable of motion; not able to MOVE After eating Christmas dinner, the entire family was nonmotile because everyone was so full.

8. automobile
A car moved by an engine that is part of it, used for traveling on streets or roads Every fifteen year old hopes to get an automobile for their sixteenth birthday.

9. demote
To MOVE to a lower grade or rank. The antonym to PROMOTE. If you do a bad job as manager, your office might demote you to a lower position.

10. immobile
“Im”- (not) “Mob” (Move)= Not moving or changing; without motion When he broke his leg, he became immobile for a while.

11. Locomotion
The act or power of MOVING from one place to another. Humans are one of the many species that is capable of locomotion.