Power & Persuasion
A dark and wet environment is ___________ for growing bacteria, mold, and mushrooms.
What is conducive?
If a politician makes a false statement, they will usually issue a formal statement to do this to their words.
What is retract?
This noun represents the driving force or momentum that gets a project moving.
What is impetus?
She rarely traveled and dismissed ideas that were new;
Her ____________outlook gave her a narrow point of view.
What is provincial?
To establish or reflect the truth of something, like when her tearful smile at the graduation ceremony showed how proud she was.
What is evince?
Sherlock Holmes used clues to do this to the identity of the criminal.
What is deduce?
Someone who has never left their tiny hometown and has narrow-minded, limited views of the world.
What is provincial?
The reporter learned his claim was false and publicly took it back,
The statement had been published, but he chose to________________
What is retract?
An advertisement aims to ___________ consumers, leading them toward purchasing a product.
What is induce?
A meeting that gets extended way past its schedule and becomes prolonged.
What is protracted?
Buying an expensive item on a whim without thinking about the cost beforehand is this type of decision.
What is impetuous?
Her ___________ choice was made before she stopped to think;
She acted on an impulse and wound up in the clink.
What is impetuous?
Describing a superhero or army that is completely unable to be conquered or defeated.
What is invincible?
Despite months of intensive negotiations and dozens of compromises, the border dispute between the two nations remained ___________, proving completely impossible for the international committee to resolve.
What is intractable?
A short-tempered or irritable person who snaps at minor inconveniences.
What is petulant?
The team's first victory was the _________ they needed to succeed;
They gained the momentum. It drove them to take the lead.
What is impetus?
This root word means "to conquer".
What is vinc/vict?
This root word means "to drag".
What is tract?
This root word means "to seek aggressively, to assail, to rush"
What is peto?
A quiet room with ample light can help your knowledge grow;
Such surroundings are __________ to learning what you need to know.
What is conducive?