Jacomino: Vocab Unit 1- Exercises 1-4

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The relationship between the two characters __________ the main themes of the novel. Evinced/Deduced/Induct/Conducive/Impetuous

Evinced

Exercise 2

Fill in the blank with the best word from the choices below. One word will not be used

The impetus for the riot that took place in the town square was most likely...

...the governor's embezzlement of public funds

When a businessman is criticized by his boss for being IMPETUOUS, we can assume the businessman has probably NOT...

...taken proper precautions

When paleontologists find a dinosaur's bones in an area, they can deduce that...

...there will be others nearby

The army was considered invincible because...

...they had never been defeated

A protracted struggle over land between the two countries resulted in...

...a feeling of bitter resentment between their peoples

The company attempted to induce its employees to take shorter vacations by...

...compensating them for unused vacation days

Because we knew that once George made up his mind, he would be completely intractable, we...

...didn't try to force him to join track

Nothing evinces the powerful effects of pollution like...

...fish caught in plastic waste

The governor decided to retract his statement because...

...he had offended his constituents

If one boy INDUCES another boy to tip over a garbage can, we can assume the second boy is...

...impetuous

It seemed rather impetuous of our club president to simply...

...kick someone out for opposing him

Many piano players find that loud noises and visual distractions are not conducive to...

...learning new songs

In order to overcome some provincial tendencies in my own thinking, I...

...need to keep an open mind

In one of my more petulant moods, I told my noisy roommate to...

...shut his trap

If the new family in the city apartment is looked down upon for being PROVINCIAL, they probably came from...

...somewhere else with different customs

Nothing __________ Ben's tendency to act without thinking more than his __________ decision to become a daredevil pilot. A. evinces; impetuous B. retracts; impetuous C. induces; intractable D. deduces; provincial

A

Can we __________ from the uproar in the newspapers that the senator has refused to __________ his controversial statement? A. retract; induce B. deduce; retract C. evince; deduce D. retract; evince

B

What was the __________ for the supposedly __________ hockey team's decision not to play in the game? A. conviction; induce B. impetus; invincible C. impetus; petulant D. provincial; retract

B

Sam became so __________ that he ran away and climbed a tree, and nothing could __________ him to come down. A. protracted; intractable B. conducive; evince C. petulant; induce D. provincial; retract

C

Exercise 3

Choose the set of words that best completes the sentence

Exercise 4

Complete the sentence by drawing an inference about the italicized word from its context.

Exercise 1

Complete the sentence in a way that shows you understand the meaning of the italicized vocabulary word

Certain kinds of soil are more __________ to growing prize roses.

Conducive

The __________ argument that raged in the office for days was not __________ to getting work done. A. provincial; petulant B. impetuous; provincial C. petulant; protracted D. protracted; conducive

D

When Mike saw Hugh and Lena talking and laughing together, he __________ that they were no longer fighting. Evinced/Deduced/Induct/Conducive/Impetuous

Deduced

Wasn't it kind of __________ to volunteer for a job you knew nothing about? Evinced/Deduced/Induct/Conducive/Impetuous

Impetuous

The __________ for his decision to play the violin was his early love of symphonic music. Impetus/Induce/Provincial/Intractable/Conducive

Impetus

After the accident with the horse, nothing could ever __________ Albert to go back to the farm. Impetus/Induce/Provincial/Intractable/Conducive

Induce

Jamie was so __________ that she refused to move her car from the sidewalk even when ordered to do so by the police. Impetus/Induce/Provincial/Intractable/Conducive

Intractable

Harry may be a good chess player, but he's not __________. Petulant/Evince/Invincible/Protracted/Retract

Invincible

I hardly expected a grown man to become so __________ when I awakened him at three in the morning. Petulant/Evince/Invincible/Protracted/Retract

Petulant

The__________debate between the two senators bored some people, but also led to some important reforms. Petulant/Evince/Invincible/Protracted/Retract

Protracted

Laughing at someone for having a different accent than yours makes you seem __________. Impetus/Induce/Provincial/Intractable/Conducive

Provincial

When I realized I was wrong, I decided to __________ everything I had said. Petulant/Evince/Invincible/Protracted/Retract

Retract


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