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Self-testing Practice – “ducere” (30 items)

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In the following slides, supply the missing form of one of the derivatives of the latin word “ducere“.

VERB NOUNS ADJECTIVES

conduct conduct conductor     conducive  

deduce deduction       deductive  

duct ventilation duct air duct tear duct duct tape    

educate education educational educator      

induce induction induction motor inducement      

introduce introduction       introductory  

produce product production productivity producer productive unproductive

reduce reduction          

seduce seduction seducer     seductive  

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A teacher should foster an environment ________________ to effective learning.

conducive

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New students go through a one-week _________ course before starting the programme.

induction

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Klemperer, Barbirolli, Furtwängler and van Karajan were famous ___________.

conductors

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The ________ offer the company is making us is certainly tempting.

introductory

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The ________ of robots has increased our _________ by 20%.

introduction - productivity

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To make a film, a _________ sets everything up and a director supervises the filming.

producer

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I am not impressed by your ________ since you joined the company.

conduct

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Terrorism has _______ a new element into the equation.

introduced

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The body _________ antibodies to fight infection.

produces

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We escaped by crawling through an air-__________ to the outside.

duct

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Medical professionals should ________ themselves according to certain ethical standards.

conduct

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A good detective needs considerable _________ powers.

deductive

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Some people are easily _________ by the glamourous lifestyle of gangsters.

seduced

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There has been no _____ in unemployment despite the government’s measures.

reduction

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Cyrano de Bergerac was a famous literary serial __________ of women!

seducer

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__________ is very useful for fixing things together.

duct-tape

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We need to set up a working environment more ________ to actual work!!

conducive

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The Chairman’s __________ remarks set the tone for the rest of his speech.

introductory

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Long-term interns need to be properly ________ into our working methods.

inducted

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“What do you ______ from these facts, Dr Watson?” asked Holmes.

deduce

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“Our school employs the best __________ principles.” said the Headmaster.

educational

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If the bile-__________ is blocked then bile builds up in the liver.

duct

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The argument is __________ convincing, but is in fact quite wrong!

seductively

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The discussion can be ______ to one question: “Do we continue or not”?

reduced

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________ ad absurdum is not a very sensible form of reasoning.

Reductio

Reductio ad absurdum (reducing to the absurd) is a form of argument. For example, if the French idea to create more jobs is to work 35 hours

per week (i.e. less), then reducing the working week to 1 hour would surely create an enormous number of jobs?

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This drug may ________ a feeling of paranoia in the victim.

induce

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After the earthquake, many people were _______ to sleeping in the open air.

reduced

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