Prestwick House Vocabulary

supportive; encouraging; helping to bring about

• conducive

• intractable

• provincial

• defuse

that which drives one; momentum

• induce

• petulant

• impetuous

• impetus

Because Barry was a rather __________ boy, he often found himself getting into fights over little things.

• petulant

• impetuous

• impetus

• deduce

Roy's somewhat ___________ outlook made it difficult for her to understand what people in other parts of the world were going through

• provincial

• conducive

• petulant

• invincible

The incident at the mill ___________ the old saying "Don't count your chickens before they hatch".

• deduce

• induce

• conducive

• evince

Although the Romans thought of themselves as ________, they were eventually conquered.

• intractable

• conducive

• invincible

• provincial

to conquer

• duc/duct

• vinc/vict

• peto

• invincible

to draw back; to with draw

• deduce

• protracted

• retract

• petulant

When I told my little brother to put away his toys, he had a _________ fit and threw the toys down the stairs.

• petulant

• impetus

• impetuous

• retract

acting passionately and without forethought

• intractable

• petulant

• impetus

• impetuous