|Question 1Verbal

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The following text is from Jhumpa Lahiri's 2003 novel The Namesake. Gogol, a child, is at a beach in Massachusetts with his father.

He watches his father raise a kite within minutes into the wind, so high that Gogol must tip his head back in order to see, a rippling speck against the sky. The wind whips around their ears, turning their faces cold.
As used in the text, what does the word "raise" most nearly mean?
Create
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Congratulate
B
Strengthen
C
Lift
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