Toolbox Terms List #7 VERBS (18)

What does the verb 'Galvanize' mean?

• To delay in movement or progress

• To shock or excite someone into taking sudden action

• To beg someone earnestly or desperately

What does the verb 'Impute' mean?

• To treat a person as a thing

• To credit to a source or cause

• To conquer and bring into subjection

What does the verb 'Garner' mean?

• To obtain, acquire, or earn

• To flood or overwhelm

• To divide into sharply opposing factions

What does the verb 'Impede' mean?

• To credit to a source or cause

• To delay in movement or progress by means of obstacles or hindrances

• To transition from one thing to another smoothly

What does the verb 'Implore' mean?

• To beg someone earnestly or desperately to do something

• To move into or through every part

• To alternate or waver between different opinions

What does the verb 'Inundate' mean?

• To flood or overwhelm

• To establish or confirm by proof

• To examine carefully

What does the verb 'Objectify' mean?

• To divide into sharply opposing factions

• To treat a person as a thing, with no regard to their dignity

• To assume as a fact

What does the verb 'Permeate' mean?

• To move into or through every part

• To transition from one thing to another smoothly

• To conquer and bring into subjection

What does the verb 'Polarize' mean?

• To divide into sharply opposing factions, political groups

• To establish or confirm by proof

• To alternate or waver between different opinions

What does the verb 'Posit' mean?

• To assume as a fact; put forward as a basis of argument

• To credit to a source or cause

• To flood or overwhelm