impelling

Impelling

Verb

Definition: to drive or urge forward; press on; incite or constrain to action.

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Context clues: I used my prior knowledge knowing that my friends have helped compel me to do well in school.

Original sentence: “the single most significant factor, he realized, was a sense of future vision-the impelling conviction of those who were to survive that they had a mission to perform.”