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arouse
What does arouse mean?
arouse (verb): call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses).
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you pronounce arouse?
/əˈɹaʊz/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does arouse come from?
From a- + rouse.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are synonyms of arouse?
Words related to arouse
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “arouse” mean?
call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
Right! That's what “arouse” means.
to give way under force; to succumb to a force
Not quite: that's what yield means.
to weaken or work against; to hinder, sabotage
Not quite: that's what undermine means.
come between so as to be hindrance or obstacle
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Which word is closest in meaning to “arouse”?
depend
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elicit
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cruise
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export
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