| Front | Provoke |
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| Back | Cause a reaction. To make angry, annoyed, or emotional; bring to action. She hopes her editorial will provoke readers into thinking seriously about the issue. The dog would not have attacked if it hadn’t been provoked. This remark was made, in these very words, by John Gribbin, in a BBC-TV debate with Malcolm Muggeridge, and it provoked incredulity (cause surprised) on the part of most viewers. Saran tried to provoke Zed with these words. She hoped to transmute (change) his dogmatic belief into kindness and understanding. |
Tags: 3.24, belief, no
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