Impetus
Pronounced:
<imp-pit-tus>
To encourage someone to action. To drive something forward.
My use:
Your pep talk was a great impetus! I am now excited about the meeting.
Your pep talk was a great impetus! I am now excited about the meeting.
Literary use:
By Leo Tolstoy
Gifted as he was with the quality his friend most lacked, practical tenacity of purpose, he knew exactly how to give impetus to an enterprise without effort or shock.
By Leo Tolstoy
Gifted as he was with the quality his friend most lacked, practical tenacity of purpose, he knew exactly how to give impetus to an enterprise without effort or shock.
Memory trick:
impetus
imp (reminds of) = impress
et (sounds like) = it
us (reminds of) = us
impress it to us
et (sounds like) = it
us (reminds of) = us
impress it to us
Listen: Impetus
posted by Englishionary at
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