Taming of the Shrew Practice Test

Engender means to cause something to come into existence or to bring about a response, feeling, or situation. It’s about generating or producing results that didn’t exist before. That makes the best choice the one that means to stimulate a reaction or development, since engendering a feeling or an outcome implies prompting it to arise. For example, a new policy can engender support or concern among people. The other options miss the idea of causing something to happen or arise: rants describe angry speaking, announcing beforehand is about foretelling, and battle is an act of fighting—none capture the sense of bringing something into being or generating a response.