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

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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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new york state wildlife expert richard thomas found that a woodchuck could   chuck around 35 feet of dirt in the course of digging a burrow. thomas reasoned that if a woodchuck could chuck wood, he would chuck an amount equivalent to the weight of the dirt, or 700 pounds.