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AH020387 Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary
Galvanise
'Galvanise' is closer to meaning 'inspire' or 'provoke/stimulate'?
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It somewhat encompasses those things (inspire more than the others), but I would say it means to rouse, energize, fire up, spur, as in The fiery speakers at the rally galvanised the crowd to get out the vote to defeat the initiative. It's a little stronger than inspire.
- It somewhat encompasses those things (inspire more than the others), but I would say it means to rouse, energize, fire up, spur, as in The fiery speakers at the rally galvanised the crowd to get out the vote to defeat the initiative.
- It's a little stronger than inspire.
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It somewhat encompasses those things (inspire more than the others), but I would say it means to rouse, energize, fire up, spur, as in
The fiery speakers at the rally galvanised the crowd to get out the vote to defeat the initiative.
It's a little stronger than inspire.
The fiery speakers at the rally galvanised the crowd to get out the vote to defeat the initiative.
It's a little stronger than inspire.
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Thank you, what does the word 'initiative' mean in the sentence you gave:
The fiery speakers at the rally galvanised the crowd to get out the vote to defeat the initiative.
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The fiery speakers at the rally galvanised the crowd to get out the vote to defeat the initiative.
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Someone wanted to do something. Maybe they wanted people to have to shovel their own paths when it snowed. Maybe they wanted to sell public land to a developer. Maybe they wanted to levy a tax on the town to build nicer kennels for the police dogs. Whatever it was, it's "the initiative."
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