Question

Read the following excerpt. The journalist spent a year researching the foreign government's sanctions. Finally, it was time to synthesize all of the relevant information that he had learned. His editor asked him to write a comprehensive article for the first piece in the series that was sure to win awards, inform the public, and elicit significant change in foreign policy. Using the context, the word "elicit" means

declare

cause

criticize

end

Answer 1

elicit means evoke or draw out a response, answer, or fact from someone in reaction to one's own actions or questions.

Explanation:

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