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Choose the appropriate word to fill in the blank :

It was a challenge to _________ a response from the prisoner.

Solution

Correct Option: 3

Elicit means to draw out or obtain a response. Illicit means illegal. Licit means lawful. Ellicit is not a standard word. The blank needs a verb meaning to draw out, hence elicit.

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